It’s good to see that at 50mpg, the 2010 Toyota Prius will have finally reached the same fuel efficiency that Volkswagen did 20 years ago.
Still, any move forward towards cost-effective fuel efficiency is a major bonus in my book, especially with the ability to run completely silent. I personally can’t wait until these guys take the lead again, and find a way to shoe-horn a freight train horn under the hood of one.
My biggest hopes are that prices will come down, that someone will finally pair up a hybrid drivetrain with a diesel (and make 50mpg look like a gas guzzler), and that Chevy will come to their senses and realize that nobody in their right mind is going to pay $40k for a state of the art Chevy Malibu… beyond the Hollywood elite who are still pissed that their EV1’s were recycled.
