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> In article
> > That is another possible path
> > for higher energy efficiency might be for a Prius to use
> > a diesel engine instead of a gasoline engine.
> If you look carefully at the Prius design, you'll come to realize that a
> diesel engine would bring nothing to the table.
I read that the Volkswagon Polo Blue Motion gets about 62 mpg
using only a 4 cylinder turbo diesel engine in "ultraurban" mode.
The Polo Blue Motion is a 4 door family sedan (about the same
size as a 4 door VW Jetta) . The downsize to this VW
"ultraurban" mode is that acceleration is reduced to 17 second
timing for a 0-60mph acceleration (which is about twice as
long as a the acceleration of a most new cars in the USA). .
Still if one is driving in stop and go urban traffic this would be
an acceptable trade-off. The 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010
Honda Insight both have a economy setting that sound
really similar to the Volkswagon Polo Blue Motion's "ultraurban"
mode.
In article
> > If you look carefully at the Prius design, you'll come to realize that a
> > diesel engine would bring nothing to the table.
>
>
> I read that the Volkswagon Polo Blue Motion gets about 62 mpg
> using only a 4 cylinder turbo diesel engine in "ultraurban" mode.
Which is fine as far as that goes, but if you look carefully at the
Prius design, you'll come to realize that a diesel engine would bring
nothing to the table with respect to being the ICE part of Toyota's
Hybrid Synergy Drive.
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> > That is another possible path
> > for higher energy efficiency might be for a Prius to use
> > a diesel engine instead of a gasoline engine.
> If you look carefully at the Prius design, you'll come to realize that a
> diesel engine would bring nothing to the table.