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Old 07-11-2011, 08:05 PM   #110 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bwilson4web View Post
Sorry James and Iamiam,

You may want to read the Wiki definition:
Fuel efficiency in transportation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But again, my question wasn't about overall passenger mpg efficiency, it was about the relative mechanical/electrical efficiency of the mechanism(s) between the engine and the wheels of the Prius and Insight.

Or even between the gas pump and the wheels: is the Prius Atcheson-cycle engine more or less efficient than the Insight's lean burn?
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