Thread: "The Hype About Hybrids"
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Old 01-02-2006, 11:04 PM
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Default Re: "The Hype About Hybrids"
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Originally Posted by bwilson4web
Hi folks,

". . . hybrid-powered SUVs have been introduced that get no better mileage than a regular engine . . ." - Toyota Highlander hybrid gets ~40% better MPG than gas-only Highlander (http://www.toyota.com/). So 40% is 'no better'?
Granted it's because of the vehicle I drive, and I'm no math whiz, but getting 34+ MPGs seems to be substantially more than 16 MPGs, comparing FE of an Escape Hybrid and a conventional Escape, similarly equiped.

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