The extra weight of a hybrid is not really significant on a flat highway.
The prius engine atkins tuning has no low-end torque.
I don't quite get what your point is? That a hybrid is some kind of rip-off,
and the car companies have a conspiracy to produce low MPG cars, except the hybrids? The Prius was toyota's attempt to build the highest MPG car they could (and be driven just the same as current cars)
I have pointed out before, 'we' have collectively spent over $1 billion extra on hybrids, and from all that money spent, have ZERO EV infrastructure from it, so while I love the Prius, it has not been a good long-term 'energy policy'
for this country. The good news though, is there have been millions of prius sold already, and so the
EZOne3 can take advantage of this to build an all-electric car in the USA using all local labor, not built in a factory in Japan or China.
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Originally Posted by EVmetro
Nimblemotors, it is cool to see somebody on this forum who I know. I guess the ecomodding, and electric car community is kind of a small world.
Sometimes I stew about the idea of getting my hands on a Prius and converting it to strictly ICE, with the intent of finding out the difference would be in fuel economy. This is not a very realistic thing to do since so much of it is integrated, but it is a neat thought. I would put my money on an all ICE Prius for driving a long distance on flat ground, but I don't know enough to predict an around town winner.
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