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On 2 Apr 2006 at 17:27, James Montebello wrote: > The Prius type "parallel" hybrids get much better economy at slow > speeds, and do only OK in freeway driving (real world for a 1st gen Prius is > 38-40mpg, not the 50+ they advertise). However, "series" hybrids, esp. the > Honda Insight, get very good mileage on the freeway. The Insight does 65-70mpg > on the freeway, and the Civic hybrid does 50mpg. Please explain series and parallel hybrids. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~