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Jonathan Race wrote:
> Many of the new generation hybrids aren't specifically designed to increase > fuel economy more than a few MPG but rather to reduce emissions. Since the > most emissions are generated in slow speed stop-and-go driving, the use of > an electric motor for that type of movement reduces emissions on these > vehicles to somewhere between 1/2 and 1/3 of the amount a non-hybrid > version of the same vehicle produces. > > Cheers - Jonathan I doubt that the reduction in emissions is any greater than the improvement in fuel economy. The logic seems to be fundamentally flawed. Burning fuel is where emissions start in the first place. If you aren't burning significantly less fuel, how are you generating significantly fewer emissions? John |
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