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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Not without a quantum leap forward in battery or fuel cell technology. If people bothered to do the math, the premium charged for most hybrids doesn't pay back when compared to a similar non hybrid economy car (many of which do better than 40 MPG). Electric cars are well suited for daily commuting in heavy urban areas, but make zero sense in much of the USA.
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+1 EV and hybrid still need close to 100K miles to pencil out. Now if CA keeps increasing the gas tax that might drop 50K in a couple years.
Hell I am getting up there in years. I don't give a crap about fuel economy. My generation was raised burning fossil fuels and I'm not going to throw in the towel just yet.
