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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:01 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:09 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:02 pm
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:44 pm
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Steven Hawkings AstronomyGirl Quote: Every one has seen the sticker mpg for hybrids at 60 + mpg uh... I haven't. I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't see what's wrong in what you're saying, and I think it's cause I don't understand this. Well hybrid cars run at hotter temperatures which is good since the hotter the burn the more efficient it is though theses engines are not made of ceramics so they have a lower tolerance to heat and they die in six to eight years unlike a conventional car that can last far longer. also in colder weather the battery creates less energy and the gas engine is forced to compensate using far more gas, plus the same thing happens when the ac or radio is going.
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:48 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:57 am
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:37 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:06 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:19 am
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Steven Hawkings lazy bonz I have a friend who has a Toyota Prius and he actually gets MORE than the EPA estimate for the MPG. Of course, He's an engineer and he's made a game out of beating the EPA numbers. He actually doesn't drive too slow or anything too weird. He mostly accelerates moderately and plans ahead for the braking. Based on his experience with his Prius, we estimate that Americans could improve the gas mileage of their vehicles by about 15% (hybrid or not) just by driving a little more conscientiously. That might be too much to ask. gonk Well what we could do is make the engines made of ceramics as I stated earlier, but we can never get a combustion engine more efficant than 40%, due to air circulation among ect. Driving as is a factor.
If using prices and low life expentancy of the hybrid engine as part of the reason why it shouldn't be that popular; then manufacturing a ceramic engine would be insanely expensive and dangerously brittle.
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:12 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:28 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:31 am
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