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Originally Posted by JSH
Hybrid are useful even driving at constant highway speeds because the allow the manufacturer to downsize the engine to a size that is more efficient. What non-hybrid returns the 50 mpg highway your Prius is rated at?
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You're not making an equivalent scenario as I have laid out. I said hybrids wouldn't recoup the extra cost for constant highway driving. Now you're asking me to find non-hybrids that get 50 MPG. You don't need a car that gets 50 MPG on the highway to be more economically advantageous, you simply need one cheap enough that also gets decent enough fuel economy.
I'm partial towards hybrid technology, but acknowledge the diminishing returns for smaller vehicles, and those that tend to drive constant speeds.