On 8 Jan 2004 10:07:18 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@kluge.net (Michelle Vadeboncoeur) scribbled:
Yeah, but they're really cool. :-) I guess after a while, I would get used to them & only check them when needed, like a speedometer.
Compared to what it costs using other small cars owned by workers at the Yukon Energy Solutions Centre, according to them. The calculations were done how much was paid for the gas needed to drive between Whitehorse and Dawson City - 538km each way in very little traffic on a two lane highway. Probably driving between 100 and 130 km/h. So not a rigourous scientific test, but nevertheless indicative of what to expect under those conditions. Basically, they found that the electric motors hardly came on at all; the Prius was running on the gas engine practically all the time. We're talking about people who have a professional interest and expertise in energy efficiency, so I'm inclined to believe them.
indication of my point, which was that they are not all that economical for highway driving. But I should have added a bunch of caveats: i.e., I was talking about the Prius (not the Hondas), constant relatively high speed driving, etc. This is one case where the YMMV acronym is literally true. :-)
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