500 HP 78 MPG! Coming soon..

[OneofNoneRT]

    
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/07/28/porsche-mpg-supercar-gets-green-light/

[OneofNoneRT]

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[RD]

holy moly!!!  that is unreal, but it just goes to show, you throw money at something you can get alot of horsepower and gas mileage at the same time... $600,000 worth of money that is.  great leap, now to make something that everyone can afford and still get decent performance.  i am sure they are out there, but I am curious as their total 'global' footprint in just making the car in relation to what our 'global' footprint will be after it is bought.

i have heard that some of the prius' global footprint is so huge even prior to purchase that it makes no difference how they may save large amounts of carbon from going into the atmosphere... just making the car makes their global savings not worth paying heed to... of course, that is not confirmed and is just rumor.. but i heard mythbusters did a episode on it or something.

[bull]

Yup, first they strip mine the nickel for the Nickel-Metal-Hydride (NiMH) batteries, then they ship that to some other location where it gets processed using diesel in ships, trains, etc., then they ship the processed material to another location where it's made into batteries (more diesel) and finally placed in the Prius and shipped abroad (more diesel). Add that to the materials that were already used in making every other car and you've got a product that required more fuel, materials and mining, etc., to build than a regular car. All for a car that gets about the same mpg as a Jetta or Golf TDI. You've probably wasted enough diesel on producing the Prius battery to run a Jetta for 5 years.

Then there's the expense and environmental impact involved in recycling or disposing of the toxic waste when the battery goes bad. That's going to be a big comeuppance one of these days.

[loudmouthaussie]

Yup, first they strip mine the nickel for the Nickel-Metal-Hydride (NiMH) batteries, then they ship that to some other location where it gets processed using diesel in ships, trains, etc., then they ship the processed material to another location where it's made into batteries (more diesel) and finally placed in the Prius and shipped abroad (more diesel). Add that to the materials that were already used in making every other car and you've got a product that required more fuel, materials and mining, etc., to build than a regular car. All for a car that gets about the same mpg as a Jetta or Golf TDI. You've probably wasted enough diesel on producing the Prius battery to run a Jetta for 5 years.

Then there's the expense and environmental impact involved in recycling or disposing of the toxic waste when the battery goes bad. That's going to be a big comeuppance one of these days.

all good points there!

when im not working (pilot driving) or taking the dodge or lincoln out of a weekend im happy walking, riding bike or bus 

worlds problems wont be solved by electric cars. its about selfish attitudes to moving about changing and population reduction 

but being greedy humans we will use it all up one day and come to a natural finish


long after were gone though 

[Mike DC]

   
If they claim 78 mpg, that might really mean . . .  50-ish?   

[FlatbackFanatic]

Its nice that its at a price that everyone can afford!