70 mpg, impressive! Google Calculator is more and more impressive too, try searching (without the quotes):
<70 mpg> answer: "70 miles per gallon = 29.7600594 kilometers per liter" Pretty good :) Now try harder: <70 mpg in liters per 100 km> answer: "70 miles per gallon = 3.36020835 liters per 100 km" It passes the Turing test on this one :) Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vortex-L@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: [Vo]:Toyota Prius meets Japan's 2015 fuel standards > Here is an article in Japanese: > > http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/keizai/kigyou/news/20070811k0000m020076000c.html > > Rough translation by me -- > > Toyota: Prius Meets National "2015 Fuel Efficiency Standard" > > Toyota announced on August 10 that the electric-engine hybrid Prius > is the first model to meet the "2015 fuel efficiency standards" set > by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. These > standards call for a 20% improvement over today's vehicle mileage. > > The new standards call for automakers to meet improved mileage > standards by '15, with different standards for different vehicle > weights. In the Prius class vehicle weight, the new standard calls > for be 17.2 km per liter of gasoline [40 mpg], but the Prius greatly > exceeds this, at 29.6 km per liter [70 mpg]. The latest model Prius > has been approved for sale starting September 3. > > (byline Arimasa MORI) > > Mainichi newspaper, August 10, 2007 20:34 >
