[ZeGermanHam]

For the sake of discussion, a number of race cars at the shop where I store and work on my GTO have lithium ion car batteries. The shop staff really dislike dealing with them because they are easier to permanently kill if there is a power draw that fully depletes the battery, and they cost a boat load to replace. They accidentally killed one in a highly modified Porsche and had to buy the owner a replacement to the tune of over a thousand bucks. No thanks. For a street car, I'll find other ways to save weight.