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redpoint5 · 06-14-2021, 03:01 PM

10% improvement in MPG from previous generation?

I'm a big fan of the Prius utility. The one thing I'd want improved is acceleration performance. Would be neat if this could be improved with higher output electric motors rather than needing to extract the performance from the ICE.

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