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Something to think about: the fuel economy vs acceleration thing seems to be an artifact of internal combustion technology: that is, there's no physical law that says that the energy needed to reach speed X depends on the rate of acceleration. (Just the opposite, in fact.) So if you had an electric car, or a hybrid with good boost, it seems that you would no longer be affected by that tradeoff. Do 0-60 in 5 seconds, or 50, the energy used would be the same.
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