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Modded Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 MPG
artemis67 writes "Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away. Ron Gremban says such a car is parked in his garage. It looks like a typical Toyota Prius hybrid, but in the trunk sits an 80-miles-per-gallon secret -- a stack of 18 brick-sized batteries that boosts the car's high mileage with an extra electrical charge so it can burn even less fuel. Gremban, an electrical engineer and committed environmentalist, spent several months and $3,000 tinkering with his car."
thats some serious distance. how does it handle and take off? that is the main barrier stopping your average polluting american slob using them. that and price
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
If you RTFA, you'll see that another modder got about 230MPG by use of Lithium-Ion battery packs.
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Minivans get a free pass because they do everything that most SUV buyers are buying their SUVs for, or CLAIMING they're buying them for, they do some of them BETTER, they often do it CHEAPER, and with better fuel economy.
But this doesn't take into account the infamous "minivan Momma" phenomenon, whereupon anyone actually sitting in the drivers seat (including dads, despite the name) turns into a complete and utter asshole on the road. SUV drivers at least seem to have some cognizance of the fact that the vehicle they're driving is akin to an urban tank, and can actually crush lesser vehicles if they aren't careful with it; minivan drivers, on the other hand, seem to be eternally pissed off and out to prove something, usually by driving like reckless lunatics.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
Spare the sob story. Nobody FORCED you to have 3 kids....
A sentence you'll never see on an Internet discussion board: "You know what? You're right."
Or, buy the car you want and enjoy it.
Don't force your views on to others. I enjoy driving and enjoy driving my '96 Eclipse GSX (Which is turbocharged and guzzles gas.
You seem to be a non driving type, enjoy your moped.
"Live the future now"? Your great-great-great grand kids won't even be around when Global Warming causes the temp to rise by 1-2 degrees.
You goddamned hippie.
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
As opposed to a self-righteous jerk with an over-developed sense of self-importance?