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I agree with Jammer. Actually, 35% efficiency is a pretty conservative estimate. That would be more accurate for a diesel. Gasoline engines are typically ~25%. People need to get it through their little heads that electric cars are the only way we are going to get away from oil. Hybrids are a band-aid. Full electric cars need to be the future. The drawbacks of electric cars are so small: Power grid stress: our power grid is old and seriously in need of modernizing/upgrading. The goverment could easily back this as a one time project. Why don't we quit sending 0.1% of our tax dollars to NASA for a few years! What are they doing for us besides finding water on Mars, wooptie doo. Range limitation: why not have battery exchange stations instead of gas stations? If the batteries were standardized between all cars this would work. Maybe trucks could take 2 battery "packs" so we can still have the selfish punks on the roads. Semi trucks could take like 18:) Maybe they could just stay diesel as with off-road construction vehicles, commercial, ect. Cars NEED to start getting smaller. Cars are getting heavier and heavier with more hp almost every year. It's an amazing feat that engineers have managed to keep fuel economy on the rise as well. Just think if they didn't have to pull around an additional average 500-1000 lbs. What's with the recent "retro" cars that are shaped like bricks? Cars need to be aerodynamic.