[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But now we've been told that engineers working on the new Prius have
a fuel economy target of 40km/litre - a mind-boggling 113mpg.
Wonderful! I hope they make it a plug-in hybrid.
In the U.S., Toyota just came out with a hybrid model of their Camry,
which I believe is the best-selling U.S. automobile model.
If U.S. do not quickly catch up and bring a good hybrid models they
are doomed -- and frankly I think they deserve to go out of business.
If cold fusion ever becomes practical, the same thing will happen on
a faster time scale.
And improved economy isn't the firm's only goal, as engineers are
working on reducing the current car's 10.9-second 0-62mph time by
more than a second.
Arrgggghhh! I hate it when car manufacturers obsess about this. It is
so stupid. For one thing, the so-called "muscle cars" of the 1960s
actually took around 10 seconds, and nobody cared or noticed. For
another, at low speeds the Prius actually accelerates faster than a
regular car, thanks to the electric motor.
- Jed
