This is old news at
www.priuschat.com
- The typical non-hybrid car uses 50 pounds of nickel
- The Prius battery pack uses 22 pounds
- electronic appliances such as cell phones use
way more nickel in their NiMH batteries worldwide than hybrids
- Toyota is not a primary customer of this factory - 1,000 tons of nickel is far too little to keep it in business. That Inco plant produced
267,500 tons of nickel in 2006.
- The 1,000 tons of nickel is not dedicated to the Prius, but Toyota. Tundra probably uses more nickel.
- The plant is not owned by Toyota or joined at the hip.
This starter thread seems like a toxic introduction.