Carl 1 Lucky Texan

Plus, in hot states like Texas, if you use the air conditioner the gas
engine is 'on' almost continually anyway - further reducing the benefits
or the system.
BTW- is there an option on either the Toy or Honda for overnight battery
recharging from the grid?

Carl
1 Lucky Texan


Ignignokt wrote:
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> Dave Null Sr. wrote:
>
>>Using today's average gas price here, the typical 20k kms per year
>>and city consumption (the hybrid forte), yearly gas costs are:
>>
>>Civic Si (gas only) $1456
>>Civic Hybrid $892
>>Insight $710
>>Prius $728
>>
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>
>
> Hybrids are most effective in city driving -- lots of stop-and-go. This is
> the environment where internal combustion engines are least efficient. Here
> in the US most people (not all) tend to drive longer distances at constant
> speeds. I know I do. Hybrids lose their advantage in such long-distance
> driving. This is why they're so much more popular in Japan and congested
> parts of Europe than here in the United States. I'm not trying to dismiss
> the benefits of hybrids, just to put those benefits into a realistic
> context. The benefit a particular person will see from a hybrid depends a
> great deal on the type of driving he does. And my mother owns a Prius, so
> I'm not talking *completely* out of my butt here.
>
> - Greg Reed
>


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