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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
I'm with you there. I also personally feel the whole drivetrain is just gimmicky and a half-hearted effort. I much prefer the tech in the Volt, where the car really is an electric car. Toyota could have done better.
Yes, I realize it sorta works, but I have to wonder what the fuel mileage of the Prius would have been with just a straight fuel efficient gas engine with the same level (or lack of) power. A lot of the mileage is really in the aerodynamics anyway.
I wonder the same thing about the Volt. If they had skipped the huge battery pack, and just made it a straight electric/gas extended drive car, would the "real mileage" been much different after the first 50 miles?
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Also, Top Gear BBC was talking about how the materials needed for their synergy-drive systems comes from Canada, then goes to the UK, then goes to Japan. All the while, they're utilizing large ships, planes, refineries, ect. which all pollute. It was pretty humorous as Jeremy Clark was going on about it.