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Future Vehicles 2009 Toyota Prius (World's First 100 MPG Car!)
32 messages, Last post on Jul 09, 2008 at 6:06 PM
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Replying to: benjaminh (Mar 18, 2007 9:06 am)
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Replying to: sdricke (Apr 08, 2007 7:38 pm) Also, solar panels are not yet that efficient enough to justify risking these potential problems. You'll likely see a plug-in option before you ever see solar panels on a car. |
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Replying to: rockylee (Dec 21, 2006 7:06 am) In the United States, the top 10 most fuel-efficient cars have efficiency ranging from 30 miles per gallon to just over 60 (12 kilometers per liter to 25 kilometers per liter). The Prius released in the United States is less fuel efficient than the European Prius, as are the Volkswagens so you can see that 100mpg is not that much.Most of the EU cars have 64 mpg and I am talking about cars with normal engines ,not hybrids. If America starts to import EU cars like "Peugeot,"Renault"Skoda,Fiat,Citroen I think this will destroy your car makers but will make your life much better. Why US car makers keep making not so good fuel efficient cars?When it is possible? See this: http://cars.rte.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=684376 PEUGEOT http://www.peugeot.com/en/default.htm CITROEN http://www.citroen.com/CWW/fr-FR FIAT http://fiat.com/cgi-bin/pbrand.dll/FIAT_COM/showroom/selectModel.jsp?BV_SessionI- D=@@@@1834191029.1185316951@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccccaddlifljieicefecejgdfiidgnj.0&ca- tegoryOID=-1073761346 RENAULT http://www.renault.co.uk/CurrentRange.aspx SKODA http://new.skoda-auto.com/COM/Pages/Home.aspx |
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freaking rules. to answer someones question about the hybrid from honda...its not really a 'replacement' for the insight as much as it is a brand new car that is not based off another model like the civic or accord hybrid...it WILL be an original exclusvie hybrid like the prius and insight before it. if toyota does bring out a prius that pushes 100mpg, i don't think there will be any way to make it less than 20k. the new honda hybrid is GOING to be slotted underneath the civic hybrid, which means it would have to be about 3k less...totally making it less than 20k. (to start at least) |
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of development of a plug-in Prius seems to be moving along nicely...latest word I heard is that they are aiming for a range of 8 miles at no more than 30-35 mph, running ENTIRELY on electrics. That means it uses no gas at all during the week if your commute is less than 8 miles. That's INFINITE mpg!  They have the recharge time down to 3 hours for this version too, on 110V house current.
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an EV Mode for 25MPG limit for 5 miles, without plug-in. For stop-and-go traffic. DrFill |
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Replying to: nippononly (Jul 30, 2007 3:13 pm)  You had to plug them in. So I don't get it. Who drives less than 8 miles? I think this is a bad idea. Mackabee
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Replying to: mackabee (Aug 14, 2007 11:33 am) Several companies are now converting the existing Prius model to 100+ mpg plug-ins for $4-6K. If they can do it for that much investment, imagine how much less it might cost from a volume carmaker!
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 14, 2007 7:50 pm) Mackabee
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Replying to: mackabee (Aug 16, 2007 4:19 pm) But results seem to have been pretty good so far. The only downside is the modified Prii run slower than the regular ones because they are programmed to run as much as possible on the electrics only. Toyota, I believe, is aiming to make its 100 mpg Prius perform to the same parameters as the existing 2004+ model. |
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