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roflwaffle · 01-18-2010, 11:18 PM

IIRC the biggest issue w/ hydraulic hybrids was cost. They can improve FE in the city by ~40% or so, but I don't think that's worth a $3000-$4000 premium versus a BE system that improves city FE by ~30%.

01-18-2010, 11:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
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