Um, let's not forget your basic city cop is crawling around the city and doing stop-and-go all day. The regenerative braking and all-electric modes will bypass huge amounts of "city driving" mpg losses.
City cops are the big reason we need PHEVs with 50 mile all-electric ranges. They would probably do 90% of their shift on all-electric, and the gas motor will recharge what they don't need.
In a parallel universe, Gore won the 2000 election, and got legislation through that forced PHEV technology to virtually all consumer segments within a decade. By now we would have electrified 70-80% of daily driving miles, cut emissions, and probably had cheaper cars in the process, and bankrupted the Saudis and Russians.
There also were various patents around inside-out rotaries and other compact higher-output engines about 10 years ago that would have made perfect recharger/range extenders for a PHEV.
City cops are the big reason we need PHEVs with 50 mile all-electric ranges. They would probably do 90% of their shift on all-electric, and the gas motor will recharge what they don't need.
In a parallel universe, Gore won the 2000 election, and got legislation through that forced PHEV technology to virtually all consumer segments within a decade. By now we would have electrified 70-80% of daily driving miles, cut emissions, and probably had cheaper cars in the process, and bankrupted the Saudis and Russians.
There also were various patents around inside-out rotaries and other compact higher-output engines about 10 years ago that would have made perfect recharger/range extenders for a PHEV.