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Old 08-15-2009, 03:57 PM   #44 (permalink)
PA32R
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LR3 - '06 Land Rover LR3 HSE
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
Well, the 230 MPG mark is potentially true for the 51.1 mile drive cycle, but the further you go before recharging, the less your average miles per gallon becomes.
Bingo. See Rhett Alain's Dot Physics entry on this.

Other analyses are at Good math, bad math and (blushing) my own little blog.

All that said, GM will claim "we're just doing as the EPA is saying they will do."
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