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Originally Posted by redpoint5
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.
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A equivalent scenario is taking the same model vehicle and comparing the hybrid version to the standard ICE version. That is how one determines if the extra cost of the hybrid technology is recouped with fuel savings
Comparing random cars, different sizes, used vs new, etc tells us nothing about the payback from choosing a hybrid.