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Originally Posted by HarryT
Even swiching to diesel rather than petrol would help a great deal. My diesel Mini, for example, does 80-odd mpg on the motorway, compared with about 50 mpg for the hybrid Prius. I was surprised to discover recently that diesel cars are apparently illegal in some parts of the US! About a third of cars in Europe are diesel, and the proportion is growing, because they are so much more economical.
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They may be more efficient, but the price of diesel fuel in the US is significanly higher than the price of gasoline. They have to be more efficient to break even economically.