Friend with a Honda hybrid sees 57-ish mpg.  Personally, if
you consider the size/shape/lack-of-performance/lack-of-utility
of the car, that's not so impressive compared to the Civic VX
which was touted to give somewhere near 50mph (IIRC).  And
this was with a non-hybrid regular gasoline engine.  Add the
aerodynamics and other non-powerplant features of the Insight
and I'm sure that 50mpg would go up noticeably.

Somehow I don't see electrics/hybrids as "cool".  Cool is...
muscle car with big 460 V8 blown/stroked to 514 and high enough
compression ratio to generate flames out the exhaust!  With fuel
consumption measured in gpm (gallons per mile).
Now that's cool!  :-)

Cheers,
-Neil.



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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of llile@SALTONUSA.COM
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:03 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Gas & taxes (was Online electronics store)
>
>
> > SUV's Yada Yada Yada
>
> OK, let's go the other way with this discussion.  My wife just got a new
> job with a 35 mile commute highway each way daily.  Assuming she strikes
> out on carpooling, she will be driving our van which gets 16MPG.
>
> I would love to justify owning a Honda hybrid electric car.   Given the
> parameters of approximately 3500 miles per year commuting, what is the
> payback on gas guzzling versus gas-sipping vehicles?   Considering also
> the "cool " factor of an electric vehicle  ;-)
>
> Anybody know the gas mileage specs of the Honda hybrid electrics off the
> top of their head?
>
> --Lawrence
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