Quick Notes on Fuel Efficient Cars
Published on 10 Jun 2006 at 11:31 pm |
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Pursuant to my previous comments about fuel efficiency and purchase strategy; Here are two links touching on the subject…
Somehow I missed that the XPrize people are planning a fuel efficiency prize.
I’ve been intrigued by these ever since I saw them in Europe. I’m not convinced that they’re great, but they sure are interesting and at 70 mpg highway, they’re definitely on the list for high miles per gallon.
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June 12th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
The Economist Magazine’s Technology Quarterly issue (10 June 2006 cover date) has an interesting article on ‘plug-in hybrids’. These are being created by hackers from Toyota Priuses and other commercially available hybrids. They allow wall-current charging as well as charge-while-driving.
The otherwise-excellent article does have one glaring error - it says you can recharge the card at night, when electric rates are low. Does anyone know of a location in the US where ordinary retail consumers are offered time-sensitive electric rates? It’s not on offer in Silicon Valley.
Cheers!
Oliver