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Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon
shupp writes "The NY Times (free reg. required) reports in that some folks are not content with the no-plug-in rule that both Honda and Toyota endorse. By modifying a Prius so that it can be plugged in, Ron Gremban of CalCars states 'I've gotten anywhere from 65 to over 100 miles per gallon'. The article also reports that 'EnergyCS, a small company that has collaborated with CalCars, has modified another Prius with more sophisticated batteries; they claim their Prius gets up to 180 mpg, and can travel more than 30 miles on battery power.'"
They've secretly replaced the gas with Folgers crystals. Let's see if they notice.
"By modifying a Prius so that it can be plugged in...
;-)
The 180 miles per gallon must be some extremely tough-to-calculate average since a car that's plugged in can only go as far as the power cord (unless they got a really , really, really long power cord
Certainly. The same oil companies that tricked John DeLorean into buying cocaine, squashed the 500-mpg carburator, and killed the genius who invented the car that would run on snot.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Obligatory Simpsons Quote: "My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!"
There is no sig, there is only Zuul.
The secret is to only drive downhill.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
An extension cord from your cubicle would do the trick.
It's easy to drive downhill all the time. All you need is larger back tires.
when I did this for a month my house electric bill was $23,897.23.
The only part they can't profit from is the regenerative braking portion.
Or the hamsters. WHY WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE HAMSTERS!?!?!?
How much is a gallon of electricity going for these days?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Isn't this a little off-topic? What does where you go to buy fish have to do with it at all?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Excellent example because as everyone knows the bed-and-bucket method is actually how energy is produced.
Funny, my computer told me it was SIGFPE miles per gallon.
X(7): A program for managing terminal windows. See also screen(1).
"Overlook Hospital? How obvious can you get?"
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Aha! So that explains why my Prius seems so perky today :-)
Ok, so, it works something like this.
1) You plug your car into the house.
2) Your house gets electricty from "somewhere."
3) That somewhere is a diesel fired power plant.
4) The electric company notifies the cops of your excessive electricity usage.
5) Armed narcotics agents arrive with a search warrant and ransack your house looking for a grow operation.
You'd have to be nuts to plug a car into the wall if you live in the United States.
You go to the gas station with your Prius and a long extension cord, plug it in around back, and shop around the gas station while "filling up." Until an employee on a smoke break sees you sneaking around with an extension cord, of course...
It's idiotic to give a "miles per gallon" figure when you don't include the cost of producing the electricity you use to recharge the battery.
Nah, its perfectly acceptable, as long as you plug your car into someone else's power outlet.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
"... buy a small/light car with a small engine (sub 1.2L) ...."
This is America. Even our lawnmowers have bigger engines than that.
70s hot rodders knew the secret, why do you think they still drove their gas guzzling pony cars despite high gas prices (for the times)? Just jack up the rear end of the car. Since you're always driving downhill, this helps out on fuel consumption! SCHWEET!!!!!!