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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian
To show that it can "go around the Nurburgring on electric power only!!!!!". Thing is, the plug-in Prius has a 12 mile electric range in normal conditions. And the track is 12 miles long. So you have to drive the racetrack at normal street speeds to actually make the distance before the electric runs out. After that it's a normal hybrid Prius, but that's no good for advertising.
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Agreed. It's not really news on the issue of range and speed, but they did beat the EPA rating, multiplying it by something 500%, I guess, with just hypermiling and a couple significant but not revolutionary mods. That's kinda cool hypermiling/ecomodding, no? And check it out, Pale, your signature file says your commute is 11 miles. Get a plug-in station at work and you'll get 700 mpg-e all year 'round. That would be kinda cool, eh?