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Old 08-13-2009, 12:11 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by chuckm View Post
Wow. If that 50mpg during charge is correct, I'll be truly disappointed in GM. It would mean that they haven't built a matched engine/genset, and instead grabbed an existing wide-rpm Atkinson cycle engine. If so, GM sucks. If I can get a steady 50mpg holding 55mph on my non-Atkinson, non-lean burn engine, GM has not done anything revolutionary.
Ok, you try getting 50+ with your engine while you're charging a *whatever* amp hour battery pack at full load...

Why not compare apples to apples?
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