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Old 08-18-2009, 03:59 PM
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World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight

Some interesting discussion attached to the Slashdot article:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/08/18/1534231

Main site (slashdotted atm):

http://www.redlightracing.org/
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Old 08-18-2009, 04:21 PM
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VW has a tdi hybrid that achieves 71+ mpg....
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:13 PM
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It sounds awesome, but it won't let me connect to the main site ... is anyone else unable to connect?
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:52 PM
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ha the gov prolly shut them down.

seems like a very cool idea, not in a honda but still a neat idea.

my boss and i were just talking about different diesel cars and how there aren't any "cool" diesel cars in the US.
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:54 PM
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Is the tdi hybrid available in the U.S.?
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Probably cant take the traffic.
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