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Originally Posted by GoHuskies
It amazed me sometimes when people will talk up how far you can push a normal car while forgetting those same techniques work on any car, hybrids as well.
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At least read the thread before attempting to pile on. The main thing being withheld here are production subsidies and the weight savings they can finance. But they are being witheld from the convential vehicles...
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Originally Posted by GoHuskies
Like the owner over at cleanmpg. He can push near 50 mpg in a Accord sedan. Amazing! But give him an insight and he is near 100mpg!
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This is no comparison of hybrid technology with that of convential cars. Make the Accord no bigger than an Insight, just as bog-slow as an Insight, and subsidise its developement and production to the degree that the government did the Insight. Then you have a meaningful comparison. But wait, there aren't any convential vehicles like that... and that may well change as the price of fuel continues to spiral upward. Technically, there are always many ways to seperate a feline from its skin.