Re:Keeping Rotary Alive: Mazda's Rotary Engine in the Age of...
by darby_eight on Friday March 29, 2024 @04:56PM
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> However the majority of fuel consumption in a car happens at traveling speed (highway miles).
Unless of course you drive primarily in stop-and-go traffic, e.g. delivery drivers, taxis, commuter cars, etc. Quite often you won't exceed 50 kph. For whatever reason, I've never seen (or have and forgotten) a car marketed towards this market—probably for exactly the reason that plug-in hybrids perform better in this scenario.
Unless of course you drive primarily in stop-and-go traffic, e.g. delivery drivers, taxis, commuter cars, etc. Quite often you won't exceed 50 kph. For whatever reason, I've never seen (or have and forgotten) a car marketed towards this market—probably for exactly the reason that plug-in hybrids perform better in this scenario.