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Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon

Posted by timothy on from the oh-what-I-wouldn't-give-for-that-in-my-subaru dept.

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.'"

5 of 907 comments (clear)

  1. APIRL F00L by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n/t

  2. INDEED, YOU ARE. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n/t

  3. Re:Obligatory by SuperficialRhyme · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not sure but it's 455 to 700 miles/hogshead! (7 gallons = 1 hogshead apparently). conversion info

  4. Grammar nazi by AtariAmarok · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "The NYT claim that....

    Correction: "The NYT claims...". "Times" is in the name of a newspaper is NOT a plural.

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  5. Re:The secret? by Saeger · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    What's with all the Folgers jokes on /. lately?

    Just a coincidence? Or do they have some new TV campaign I'm not aware of?

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