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Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23
Consumers bought into the whole "hybrid hype" and shelled out craploads for that junk ass golfcart prius. its entire design is flawed in the fact that it still uses a gasoline motor for propulsion. 90% of gas is wasted during acceleration. meaning that if you can keep an internal combustion motor spinning at its optimum rpm. and run a generator off of it to power electric motors at each wheel it is a lot better than having to constantly switch between electric power and gasoline power.
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Well, you are entitled to your opinion, but if it gets 60 MPG, which my wife's does, Toyota did something right, and the number they've sold backs up the fact that it has presented the big three with a major problem. If the production Volt really does go 40 miles before using any gas, I'll be interested, but it will need to sell for under $28k to even scratch the import competition which has a 10+ year head start.
Pure electric cars should be marketed as second or third vehicles for short trips and have battery-swapping stations for long trips instead of requiring 8-hour charges between trips. They're already doing this in Israel.