evboy said:The prius gets about 50 mpg. If they ever get that technology to the point you can get 80 or 90 mpg, would electric cars die. i dont know how doable that is though.
Lasareath said:My Wife's Prius C gets 58MPG but it still burns Gas. That's its worse problem. Plus it's really small, I can't climb into it.
The Elio gets 84 MPG http://www.eliomotors.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It costs me $7.00 to drive 300 miles, that Elio is pretty damn cheap. But I don't want one because it burns Gas, I hate Gas.
evboy said:The prius gets about 50 mpg. If they ever get that technology to the point you can get 80 or 90 mpg, would electric cars die. i dont know how doable that is though.
evboy said:Lasareath said:My Wife's Prius C gets 58MPG but it still burns Gas. That's its worse problem. Plus it's really small, I can't climb into it.
The Elio gets 84 MPG http://www.eliomotors.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It costs me $7.00 to drive 300 miles, that Elio is pretty damn cheap. But I don't want one because it burns Gas, I hate Gas.
evboy said:The prius gets about 50 mpg. If they ever get that technology to the point you can get 80 or 90 mpg, would electric cars die. i dont know how doable that is though.
The elio will get 49 in the city and 84 in the highway. Its tough to compare a large car like the prius to a tiny 3 wheel autocycle. If the prius ever gets to 80 or 90 in the city, it would put nissan leafs to pasture.
evboy said:The prius gets about 50 mpg. If they ever get that technology to the point you can get 80 or 90 mpg, would electric cars die. i dont know how doable that is though.
If the prius ever gets to 80 or 90 in the city, it would put nissan leafs to pasture.
evboy said:The prius gets about 50 mpg. If they ever get that technology to the point you can get 80 or 90 mpg, would electric cars die. i dont know how doable that is though.
If you're going to do that with your numbers, might as well get a Volt. They routinely do 200+ MPG in that sense.LeftieBiker said:Toyota really doesn't want to sell the Prius PHEV, or you'd already know that 99+ MPG in the city can easily be achieved with one.
LeftieBiker said:Toyota really doesn't want to sell the Prius PHEV, or you'd already know that 99+ MPG in the city can easily be achieved with one.
Merged numbers are completely meaningless and only hide the true gas-only mileage and make it look better than it actually is... You need to have a completely dead battery and drive it on gas only to get a true MPG number, much as the EPA does... Anything else is just lying with statistics.
TomT said:In Europe they have diesel hybrids that easily get 100. I rented one the last time I was there and returned 97 overall, and I drove it hard...
evboy said:The prius gets about 50 mpg. If they ever get that technology to the point you can get 80 or 90 mpg, would electric cars die. i dont know how doable that is though.
evboy said:The prius gets about 50 mpg. If they ever get that technology to the point you can get 80 or 90 mpg, would electric cars die. i dont know how doable that is though.
LeftieBiker said:As a city car, the Volt is indeed a better idea, if it has enough room for you. If you plan to leave the city, however, the Volt's pitiful 37MPG when charge is exhausted is terrible compared to the PIP's 60 or more.
mikeyd810 said:LeftieBiker said:As a city car, the Volt is indeed a better idea, if it has enough room for you. If you plan to leave the city, however, the Volt's pitiful 37MPG when charge is exhausted is terrible compared to the PIP's 60 or more.
While I'll agree the Prius has a far superior ICE mpg you can't compare the Volts 37MPG EPA number to a 60MPG no EPA number, EPA ratings are 35/40 and 51/48 respectively so lets keep that in context.
asimba2 said:I don't care if they came out with 250 mpg gas cars, my interest level is ZERO. I love not burning gas, not buying gas, not hearing and feeling a gas engine and transmission try and sort things out--the smooth surge of all electric power with no gear shifting is the only thing I am interested in anymore. That's a big statement from a car enthusiast such as myself.
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