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Old 09-10-2009, 09:48 AM   #15 (permalink)
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...uh, how many KILOMETERS to a MILE? or was that LITERS-PER-FURLONG?


...my (YMMV) simplistic summary:

A) hybrids do better in CITY than on HIGHWAY, while...
B) IC-vehicles do better on HIGHWAYS than in CITY.

...and, predominately IC-vehicles don't "...run out of steam..." at >65 mph as small-engined hybrids do (notice the current, larger engined Prius doesn't follow the same downward trend of its two predecessors).
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