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Hybrid cars the go as fuel price rockets (news from Oz)

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by moxiequz, Jun 9, 2007.

  1. moxiequz

    moxiequz Weirdo Social Outcast

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    Looks like the Prius and other hybrids are doing quite well in Australia thanks in part to escalating petrol prices:

    Full story from the Sydney Morning Herald: http://tinyurl.com/25sgzd
     
    #1 moxiequz, Jun 9, 2007
  2. JimN

    JimN Let the games begin!

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(moxiequz @ Jun 9 2007, 04:05 PM) [snapback]458817[/snapback]</div>
    Not surprising. If gas jumped to $6/gal here you probably wouldn't see a Prius on the lot for more than 10 minutes.
     
    #2 JimN, Jun 10, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JimN @ Jun 10 2007, 06:24 PM) [snapback]459374[/snapback]</div>
    it will happen within 3-4 years.
     
    #3 onlynark, Jun 11, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nark @ Jun 11 2007, 06:54 PM) [snapback]459810[/snapback]</div>
    Sooner if we bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb i-ran!
     
    #4 burritos, Jun 12, 2007
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