Question.
Does your wife drive alot on the highway, or mostly city driving?
I'm betting highway, which is the only reason she is breaking 60mpg. It has nothing to do with them getting something right. It has more to do with your driving habits and where you drive the car.
People who do hypermilling can almost double the prius' mpg with an older car that gets 20 less mpg's WITHOUT any modifications, just on driving habits alone.
When the Volt comes out, I promise you it will out do the Prius or I'll eat an old shoe, and you can quote me on that. Not to mention it looks better too. Unlike the Prius, which looks like the Mayor of Munchkinland's minivan.
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Originally Posted by terndude
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.
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