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Old 02-17-2011, 11:44 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
So what happens to the 30k hybrid when you can buy the same mileage for half price. The market collapses.
But you can't buy the same mileage for half price (in the longer run), because anything done to increase the mileage of a non-hybrid can be done to the hybrid as well, boosting its mileage by the same ratio. So if you could build a 60 mpg Corolla today, you could use the same tech to build a 100 mpg Prius.

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