Prius question

[skytash 0]

I visited my parents this week-end, who have a Prius. My dad keeps the display screen on the consumption page and he tries to drive it as efficiently as he can (good thing it has those seatbelts, he had to explain the brake thing to me
The display shows a pic of a little car each time it's regenerated 50Wh. I asked my dad how far one could get on each of these units of energy regenerated, and he didn't know. We didn't look it up in the handbook as we were on the way to the airport to drop me for my flight back to London when I asked.

Anyone here know or can look it up in their handbook if they don't know it off the top of their head?

tash

Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is a special occasion. Avril Sloe

[billvon 3,119]

>I asked my dad how far one could get on each of these units of energy
> regenerated, and he didn't know.

The car cruises at 30mph (about as fast as it will go in EV-only mode) with about 3 kilowatts. 50 watt-hours is about a minute at that speed. So half a mile in city driving, assuming you're in EV mode (which means no gas power, electric only.)

[peacefuljeffrey 0]

I've been reading editorials and columns and letters to the editor and articles that the Prius and some other hybrids are not NEARLY as fuel-efficient, or ecologically friendly, as they are made out to be (sometimes depending on the type of driving they're used for).

And someone pointed out that their batteries will be poisoning landfills in about 7 or 8 years. Great.

And that if/when the battery fails, it'll cost about as much as a Hyundai Accent (which gets very good mileage) to replace them (a cost that insurance won't be covering).

And I've seen claims that one would have to drive about 60,000 miles a year to make the purchase of such a car cost-efficient from a standpoint of saving money on gas not consumed.


-Jeffrey

-Jeffrey
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[kingbunky 3]

yeah, but could you use the accent as a ups for your house like you can with a prius?

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[PLFXpert 0]

I keep reading this as "Penis question" perhaps b/c it's right next to the "Penis size" thread. What variety we have here in the bonfire

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[SpeedRacer 1]

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[skytash 0]

thanks bill, as ever, a concise response directly answering the question asked
tash

Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is a special occasion. Avril Sloe

[skiskyrock 0]

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And I've seen claims that one would have to drive about 60,000 miles a year to make the purchase of such a car cost-efficient from a standpoint of saving money on gas not consumed.


-Jeffrey

The hybrid car concept has a lot of problems at this point, but the economic comparison to standard cars misses one important point - how much does a pound of CO2 cost? Do you want your investment to pay off in dollars or pounds of carbon dioxide?