Few things age worse than internet hysteria, unlike the hybrid batteries still racking up fares (and miles) in your local cab company’s fleet of aging Toyota Priuses. When early hybrids started to proliferate in the marketplace, online comment sections were brimming with warnings and predictions. People speculated about mass battery failures, ruinous repair bills, and landfills overflowing with toxic cells, among other disasters. Anything’s possible when you make things up.
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