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**irrelaAnnekly** · 09-03-2009, 01:49 AM

Anyway, the main gist is total electric cars won't be efficient in metropolitan areas. There's too much stop and sit time. Now, I do know people that have hybrids that get the suggested 50-ish MPG with them, however, in the summer they don't use the AC that much, and they drive very gently. Personally, I'm not one for sucking up exhaust fumes, so I have no clue how they do that. It makes me sick to sit in DC traffic with the windows down. Guess that's what I get for growing up a country boy with clean air, huh?

To add the the posts above me. If everyone else would use electric car, you wouldn't have to suck up exhaust fumes, but breathe clean air ;-)

09-03-2009, 01:49 AM	#81
irrelaAnnekly Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	Anyway, the main gist is total electric cars won't be efficient in metropolitan areas. There's too much stop and sit time. Now, I do know people that have hybrids that get the suggested 50-ish MPG with them, however, in the summer they don't use the AC that much, and they drive very gently. Personally, I'm not one for sucking up exhaust fumes, so I have no clue how they do that. It makes me sick to sit in DC traffic with the windows down. Guess that's what I get for growing up a country boy with clean air, huh? To add the the posts above me. If everyone else would use electric car, you wouldn't have to suck up exhaust fumes, but breathe clean air ;-)
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