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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.'"

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  1. Obligatory by zerojoker · · Score: 1, Troll

    How much is 65 to 100 miles per gallon in miles per litre?

  2. You'd think.... by AtariAmarok · · Score: 0, Troll
    "China is reportedly losing 15 coal miners a day on average"

    At this rate, China might as well start burning its own citizens for fuel instead and save the bother of sending the miners underground to die.

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  3. Wake me up when it's not a deathtrap... by sethstorm · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...that gets 100+ miles to the gallon. Sure, there are the arguments that if everyone drove tanks we'd still have problems - just that I'd rather have the fuel efficiency on something a bit closer to a normal size car. The task might take a while, but I wont mind having a large enough car on the road that wont get completely crushed by an errant 18-wheeler. Something along the lines of those two links in size, just favorably smaller than the first one.

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