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  • #31
    Originally posted by Zkribbler
    You don't charge the Prius battery. It takes its power from the brakes.
    And how do you get the speed you need to use the brakes

    Seriously, I could get i trouble driving such a car since I mainly uses the brake in emergency or city. Problem is that city driving should mainly be done by battery the power level of the battery would probably be so low that the gas engine was needed.
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    • #32
      Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


      That is not an unreasonable statement when concerning hybrid cars. Consider that when the speed falls below a certain level, the car switches to electric until the speed goes back above the certain level. That means that the electric battery is in use far more in city driving than in highway driving (ie, not at all unless you are in a traffic jam ).

      For example, the Toyota Prius gets 45 mpg on the highway and 48 mpg in the city.
      Every real world test for hybrids I have seen puts the highway a few mpg higher than city driving. The actual values are typically lower than the stated ones, but it is moreso with hybrids.
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      • #33
        Wind resistance at Highway speeds lowers the efficiency their, while in the city the recaptured energy of breaking (the energy that a normal car loses) brings the efficiency up.
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        • #34
          20-something mpg is a joke. We should be legislating such vehicles off the road, not giving them rewards.
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          • #35
            Originally posted by Lancer
            20-something mpg is a joke. We should be legislating such vehicles off the road, not giving them rewards.
            QFT

            I'm going to be in the neighborhood of the L.A. Auto Show on Friday. I think I'll stop in an harang them.

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            • #36
              Give em a double dose for me pal.
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              • #37
                Subversives.

                Why do you hate America?
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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Wezil
                  Subversives.

                  Why do you hate America?

                  ...because they vote a 20-mpg SUV as "Green Car of the Year."

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