Am 29.11.2011 21:05, schrieb mix...@bigpond.com:
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:50:06 -0500:
Hi,
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See (in Japanese):
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/20111129-OYT1T00943.htm
Summary:
Sales will begin January 30, 2012. Minimum sales price will be ¥3,200,000
($41,000). after government rebates it comes to ¥2,750,000. it takes
roughly 3 hours to recharge. The range on batteries alone is 26.4 km.
Efficiency is 60.1 km per liter (141 mpg), compared to an ordinary Prius
which gets 32.6 km per liter (77 mpg). (Those efficiency ratings sound too
high to me.)
They are probably based on the notion that a larger percentage of driving will
be pure electric, thus decreasing the amount of gasoline consumed during any
given trip.
I think this 26 km distance is worst case.
Their system can use the energy released during braking to recharge the
batteries and this does substantially reduce fuel consumption.
Peter
