Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Sedans Midsize Sedans 2.0
13222 messages, Last post on Nov 23, 2009 at 7:26 PM
You are in the Sedans Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens
|
Replying to: jeffyscott (Oct 28, 2008 5:00 am) |
|
|
Replying to: oceana143 (Oct 27, 2008 5:26 pm)
|
|
|
Replying to: newowner10 (Oct 27, 2008 9:58 am) Of course, even technology used 10 years ago is primitive by today's standard. However, the Prius isn't revolutionary it's just mass marketed. How can you have a revolutionary technology that has been around for 100 years? It's like saying the internal combustion engine is revolutionary in 2008. |
|
|
|
|
Replying to: kdshapiro (Oct 28, 2008 8:46 am) |
|
|
|
|
Replying to: kdshapiro (Oct 28, 2008 8:46 am) Would you consider a electric Golf Cart the predecessor of a Prius. I think the day of someone sitting in their garage and inventing something creating a new technology is very rare. Many times the technology exists put it has to be cost effective to manufacture. (Hydrogen Cell, Solar Cells)
|
|
|
Replying to: newowner10 (Oct 28, 2008 10:41 am) Now that you mention it, yes! You're right. Sometimes all it takes is to package existing technology in a way that hasn't been thought of. Of course, that's is partly the Prius and other hybrid models. There may be components of the Prius, and other hybrid models, which make them unique, but the concept of hybrid technology is old.
|
|
|
Replying to: kdshapiro (Oct 29, 2008 5:23 am) |
|
|
An article talking about the new Dual LCD display screen for the 2010 Fusion says it will give fuel economy information and other real time info about the vehicle with 4 selectable levels. But the most interesting info in the article is that the new 2010 Fusion hybrid will be able to run on electric power only up to 47 mph and that it will achieve a range of 700 miles on one tank of gas in city driving. If they keep the 17.5 gallon fuel tank from the regular fusion that means 40 mpg city. By comparison the Camry hybrid only gets 33/34.
|
|
|
Replying to: akirby (Oct 29, 2008 5:36 am)
|
|
|
Replying to: aviboy97 (Oct 29, 2008 7:31 am) http://jalopnik.com/5070371/ford-smartgauge-lcd-instrument-panel-brings-futurist- ic-look-green-leaves-to-2010-hybrids
|
|
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
2011 Hyundai Sonata
2010 Toyota Camry
2010 Honda Accord
2010 Nissan Altima
2010 Volkswagen Passat
2010 Mazda MAZDA6
2010 Ford Fusion
2010 Chevrolet Malibu
2009 Saturn Aura
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
