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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
Now please tell us the cars you cited and their stats. And I assume you are citing stock production cars - not highly modified ones as featured in this forum, or comparing current hybrid technology vehicles to those made 20+ years ago. If so, it is not a valid comparison. Without actual data we have no way to compare or dispute your assessment.
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The top two in the U.S. are both hybrids and anyone
can compare cars that are up 23 years old or so because the EPA has used the same basic tests for that time period. What they have changed is how they scale those tests to account for more aggressive driving, climate control, colder/warmer weather, and so on, but the actual HWFET/FTP test results are pretty consistent.
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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
BTW, in the grand scheme of things when comparing vehicles similar in nature, factors like rolling resistance and drag area are nowhere near as influential as gross vehicle weight.
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Prove it!
