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  1. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    jdemaris, how's that reading and comprehension thing workin' for ya? You don't need to do any records search. The man authored a number of...
    Post by: SPhill, Apr 3, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  2. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    Dune is correct about Diesel. Here is why: A. "Clark's" engine was NOT compression ignition. His name is Dugald Clerk B. Diesel INVENTED the...
    Post by: SPhill, Apr 3, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  3. SPhill
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    Hybrid vs Gas for Mother-in-law's New Car

    Well yeah, that is very cool (and the first). But hey, it ain't no '46 Likhachov ZIS that still bears the faint aroma of Papa Joe's cigars: Papa...
    Post by: SPhill, Apr 1, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  4. SPhill
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    Hybrid vs Gas for Mother-in-law's New Car

    So again, the principal considerations are safety, reliability and fuel economy. Both the Prius and Accord are reliability leaders. The Accord has...
    Post by: SPhill, Apr 1, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  5. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    The point is that the gas or hybrid car will travel 350+ miles without an interruption for energy resupply (as opposed to 30, 50 or 100 miles...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 31, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  6. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    The Leaf will do well in the city, where distances are short and charging stations will be nearby. For those outside the city, 30 miles per day...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 31, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  7. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    I would agree that the Volt falls in the electric car category. When the battery is depleted the ICE does run primarily as power for the generator...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 31, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  8. SPhill
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    Hybrid vs Gas for Mother-in-law's New Car

    More good news for Prius reliability. Consumer Reports just ran tests on a first-gen 2002 Prius:
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 31, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  9. SPhill
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    Hybrid vs Gas for Mother-in-law's New Car

    Oh geez, now I have to get her a dually Powerstroke Super Duty, like all the other ladies in her Purple Hat Club have.
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 31, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  10. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    Electric drive has many benefits; it's smooth, near silent, torquey, efficient and produces no end user emissions. All of that is presently...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 31, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  11. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    To some degree, conservative's views of "green" cars and liberals views of "utility" vehicles are both culturally based and generated more by...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 30, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  12. SPhill
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    Hybrid vs Gas for Mother-in-law's New Car

    I thought the Fusion vs Prius was a good match-up for mother-in-law's new car, but the latest, more stringent NHTSA crash testing doesn't bode well...
    Thread by: SPhill, Mar 29, 2011, 13 replies, in forum: The Green Room
  13. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    Ya gotta do better than JD Powers. They maintain a financial relationship with the businesses they are supposed to be independantly evaluating. GM...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 29, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    Electric 8WD and 500+ HP

    The Keio Advanced Zero emission vehicle or KAZ Limousine. (Although like all electric vehicles, the emissions are not zero, they are outsourced.)...
    Thread by: SPhill, Mar 29, 2011, 1 replies, in forum: The Green Room
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    Smart cars are looking better all the time.....

    Allowing for the different measuring systems, it appears all countries use grams/distance for personal vehicles and grams/power/hour for commercial...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 29, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    So where are these "hydraulic drive hybrids" i keep reading about.

    It looks as if UPS was testing this in delivery trucks as early as 2006. Quick search shows the energy is stored in several hydraulic/nitrogen...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 27, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
  17. SPhill
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    Agreed. Toyota positioned the Prius as the face of the company -- highly efficient, forward thinking technology that would identify Toyota as the...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 27, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    Smart cars are looking better all the time.....

    I would really like to see Subaru expand the clean diesel options. It is mature, immediately available technology. With that, the market could...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 26, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    Smart cars are looking better all the time.....

    Yeah, but Smarts are very cost-efficient. After they are crushed by an F-150, they will fit neatly in a standard burial plot -- thereby eliminating...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 25, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    Electric cars off to a big start in the wrong direction. IMHO

    That's my opinion, of course. ^ So who here would integrate this (essentially the political aspect of a product purchase) into their buying...
    Post by: SPhill, Mar 25, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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