Wayne,

The vast majority of people cannot, or will not, drive the way you do. So unless you envision BAS in a completely transparent to the driver FAS, I cannot see it improving GM's FE credentials to any extent, rare exceptional MPG results from people like yourself notwithstanding. GM wil be the victim of it's own 'power' propaganda. I can see the reviews now: " I drove the x-BAS just like I drive my x-noBAS, and all I got was one MPG. BAH.

Heck, most Prius drivers get MPG in the **40's**, and that has to be the most transparent FAS-equivalent system on the road.

R2-E2, 2G Prius.
Highway/City/Husband/Wife MPG: 56.5, as of 12/2005, 26K miles

Jac Nasser, Ford President: "We are planning to launch a hybrid version of
this car [P2000] within this year [1998]. We will also make FCEV available in
2004."