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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
Do they come with a rainbow sticker pre installed?
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Hey the first hybrid was the Porsche Mixte. Circa 1900ish. Then Tiger tanks WW2. Then M1A1 Abrahams. Nothing new.
Don't confuse consumers with producers.
They like to appropriate good things....and call it their own...but it's not.
And engineering never will be.
The Atkinson cycle engine from 1887 is efficient
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/atkinson-cycle-engine.htm
Electric motors supply torque at low rpm.
Together it makes for less gas and more power.
Good for highway and rock crawling. And not running out of gas in the desert.
The Prius has a small footprint and bigger payload than some mega trucks these days.
Scale it up to mega size.
It's too bad Toyota is a leading participant in the Auto Alliance: Anti-mechanic and Pro-surveillance.