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Originally Posted by Daox
Meh, not even worth clicking on (no offense). Its just another sensationalistic headline.
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I agree. Back when Aptera was in business, they advertised 300 mpg (when the vehicle ostensibly actually got 120 mpg on gas. They "justified" the 300 mpg figure based on a ludicrously long daily drive. Why not use a shorter daily drive, upping the "mileage" even further? Because then the very high figure draws attention to itself, and a few people would actually be prompted to think, and say: "Oh wait... they can make up any figure and adjust the drive cycle to fit."
As I'm sure you are aware, some of the early Prius conversion companies used 500 mpg, others 100 mpg.
Around the same time, I posted a tongue-in-cheek article on my Zing, in which I claimed 3000 mpg. (Ironically, that number was based on a scenario that I have actually duplicated, in which I drive for 29 miles, and fire up the engine to get the last mile back to my shop.) 3000 mpg not appealing enough? Let me run the test again, and I'll wait til 29.5 miles to start the engine: 6000 mpg.