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Old 04-28-2010, 04:14 AM   #6 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
2) Internal combustion engines are very inefficient. Let's be generous, and say the Insight's engine averages 25% efficiency.

3) Likewise, assume an electric drive is only 75% efficient. This makes the math easy, just multiply by 3.
This makes the math easy, just add 25% and 75%.
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