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The pinnacle of gas gauge experience has to be the Toyota Prius. The article was interesting, but I was a bit bummed to see no reference to my favorite driving experience.

Here's an the Prius's in-dash energy monitor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqP_eS_f1qY

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The Honda CR-Z has trees which lose their leaves if you drive inefficiently, and you have to drive really carefully to get them to grow back.

The Honda CR-Z is a great car, it's too bad so much focus is paid to 0-60 times.

I think it's a really innovative blend of driver involvement, education about efficient driving, and sporty driving dynamics. A really cool "hack" of a car.

Reminds me of the problems Transmeta had with their low-power processors. The laptops made with them had like 8-hour battery life, but at that time, everyone was looking at performance benchmarks and thought they were crap. Intel bought them and later used a bunch of their tech in mobile processors. I think people will eventually learn to appreciate good mileage, but the first 5 years or so will be pretty rough in the market.

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