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Old 10-05-2009, 09:12 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
Take a 3 hour road trip on the highway, you'll probably get closer to 40MPG... maybe 50...
Sure, but to belabor the obvious, if most of your driving is 3 hour road trips, you don't buy a Volt. If most of it's 20-40 mile daily commutes, you might.

That's not even considering further improvements, as for instance the Stirlec, where you have a highly efficient but unsuited to direct automotive use Stirling engine driving the internal generator.
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