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Originally Posted by skyking
If we can make a mod for a 10 MPG motorhome that gets it to 11, and get it onto a significant portion of the fleet, Cha-ching!
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If instead of making such a marginal improvement, we instead convince even 10% of the people now driving motor homes that they would really be happier putting a tent in the Prius, we'll save a lot more gas.
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Originally Posted by MorphDaCivic
I agree with this concept only if you acount for the number of possible people in each car/truck.
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Same logic (or logic fail) as with motor homes. The mpg per potential passenger is irrelevant; what matters is the mpg per actual (average) passenger. Buying an 8 passenger van that you'll use as a single-person vehicle 99% of the time is not increasing efficiency. Indeed, we'd be better off if automakers built & sold more two-passenger models, rather than selling 4-door, 5 passenger sedans - or even pickups :-( - as the default.