Prius Mod?

 Anybody familiar with a company in Monrovia, CA who had some press a few
months ago about their Prius modification which allows up to 100 mpg?

Neil R

  Neil Rutman wrote:

This one?
http://www.edrivesystems.com/

 Interesting looking system, but. . .

$
2,000 installation cost means you'll need to drive (~roughly~) 200,000
miles to break even!

($
2,000 at the high end of current prices is 4,000 gallons of gas, which,
at 50 mpg equates to 200,000.  And that doesn't even factor in the
electricity costs for charging).

 That's all true.

Neil was looking for information.  I think the site does a fair job of
providing the facts about the state of the art.

Fred wrote:

 

True enough, but nobody buys a new car to save money.  They buy new
cars, and modify cars, to satisfy other interests.  Making a car largely
free of petroleum and pollution is a worthy goal even if it is not
directly economical.