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Modded Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 MPG

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-give-me-my-water-powered-car dept.

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."

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  1. ZONK MUST LEAVE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Remember that Cosmos I article a couple months back about "solar rails"? Half the comments there were about his typo. Does he proofread before he posts these things? Apparently not; if there is any error in any story I've seen, he has usually been the culprit.

    A Slashdot analogy: /.ing a server is to a DDoS attack as a Zonk story is to a crapflood.

    And now he accepts a submission comparing gaming to female orgasms. Taco should fire him.

  2. Yes by Punboy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But does it run OSX86?

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  3. Re:So like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    here is the funny part.

    "Here".

    50Mpg average, when I drive

    "50 MPG", "average; when" or "average. When".

    why does a "hybrid" get much less gas mileage

    "Why".

    something is very wrong

    "Something".

    80 mpg for the first 20 miles

    "Eighty MPG".

    great for the stay at home mom that drive to the store

    "stay-at-home", "who drives".

    the majority of the american public lives more than that from work.

    "The", "American", "further than that".

    Granted in cities where during rush hour you spend

    "Granted, in", "where, during rush hour, you".

    under 10mph or stopped and these hybrids

    "10 MPH", "stopped, these".

    of that time. but having to buy

    "time, but" or "time. But".

    hybrid plud add 80 hours

    "hybrid, plus adding".

    get a MPG rating

    "an".

    should have already had really bothers me

    "had, really".

    How about the fricking SMART CAR already availabe in canada and get's 60Mpg on it's own?

    "fucking Smart Car, already", "Canada, and getting 60 MPG", "its".

    Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 13.8). Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 13.8). Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 13.8). Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 13.8).

  4. Re:Should have had an abortion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someone missed out on an abortion... though I think it was your parents.