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Originally Posted by bwilson4web
Kinda of a long route to just one example:
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I'm afraid you misunderstood.
It is not that one specific vehicle is always more efficient than the Prius under all conditions ... real world isn't that easy ... it depends on the context ... it is the context that was my example , not the vehicle itself.
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Originally Posted by bwilson4web
So let's see how it stands. Looking at payload passenger and cargo cubic feet mile per gallon:
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Those are some nice add on qualifiers and limitations you are now adding in.
Which is exactly the kind of thing I was trying to tell you from the beginning you would have to do to make your statement correct... unfortunately you will still need more qualifications and more limitation than just that to be correct.
Now looking at vehicles from this niche perspective of passenger efficiency , when you assume the vehicle is always being used exclusively to carry 100% of it's maximum number of passengers... that is a good perspective to use for a pro Prius argument... but not good enough for the Prius to have 'unmatched efficiency'.
Using the same logic ... the Hybrid Orion VII Passenger Bus that gets ~3.5 MPG and carries 44 passengers , also is more efficient than the Prius... and would be more efficient for your evacuation example context as well.
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Unfortunately ... it is not relevant to me ... I drive 90% of the time just me 1 person and some cargo ... Insight is fine ... and in that context Insight is still more efficient than the Prius ... the remaining 9% it is just me and my wife 2 people + cargo ... Insight still better... I don't need more than 2 passengers often enough for the Prius to even equal the efficiency of the Insight ... of course others will vary ... and have different needs in different contexts... which is why I am curious what specific limited context you have in mind where the Prius actually has 'unmatched efficiency'.