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A PHEV is a dual-drive vehicle, but is either a gas-powered car carrying around an electric motor and load of batteries to assist it or an EV lugging a heavy gas engine in case it runs out of battery. liter gas engine (28 mpg highway) for a run in the snow up to Lake Tahoe. As far as I was concerned, they were at price parity.
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Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. Id hate to see a tahoe vs one of these downtown. Reply to this comment by jwissick April 8, 2009 12:06 AM PDT Tahoe? Imagine a double length city bus against one of these things.
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