Re: CNN: Tinkerers fiddle with hybrids to increase efficiency

[Edmund Storms]

When these people claim to get 250 miles/gal using a modified Prius, 
what they really mean is that they get 45 miles/gal plus 205 extra miles 
because they charge the batteries from the electric grid.  This is much 
different from claiming that the Prius can be made more efficient just 
by adding extra batteries.  Using this logic, a pure electric car would 
get an infinite number of miles/gal. Consequently, the quoted miles/gal 
actually has no meaning.

Regards,
Ed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/08/15/hybrid.tinkerers.ap/index.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/7hmem

Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com