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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
50mpg! That depends on where and how you drive.
Aero isn't as important in city streets, where a hybrid design could help significantly.
On the freeway or highway a hybrid isn't going to help. Actually it could make mileage worse. But more aero would improve highway fuel mileage.
Obviously having both a hybrid and better aero would help get you the best of both worlds. Aero is the combination of frontal area (how tall and wide) and the shape (and speed, technically).
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I had a conversation with the people that are developing the hybrid conversion kits. They told me that range would still be increased a little bit even with sustained highway driving! They have a bold claim of over 100% mpg increase in combined driving.