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Old 01-27-2012, 09:14 PM   #4 (permalink)
bennelson
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
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Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

S10 - '95 Chevy S10
90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

The Wife's Car - Plug-in Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
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Yeah, Tesla loved two-speeds, except that they kept braking them.

The single-speed gear reduction that they finally went with increased their 0-60 time by something like 0.15 seconds!

I've been pretty happy just driving my electric Geo Metro in just Second and Third.
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