Just how fast is the Millennium Falcon?

A fan of the 'ol gal has closely and scientifically examined the Star Wars films, placed markers on the film and computed her average top speed. They has also done a quick comparison to the speed of the Enterprise. :)

Check out their findings

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Tinkerer gets his Toyota Prius to get 80 mpg

Looks like there may be a new form of "hot rodder" in the near future. :)

A guy in California has rigged his Toyota Prius hybrid car to squeeze even more gas milage out of it.

According to the article:"It looks like a typical Toyota Prius hybrid, but in the trunk sits an 80-miles-per-gallon secret - a stack of 18 brick-sized batteries that boosts the car's high mileage with an extra electrical charge so it can burn even less fuel.

Gremban, an electrical engineer and committed environmentalist, spent several months and $3,000 tinkering with his car."

'"They're like the hot rodders of yesterday who did everything to soup up their cars. It was all about horsepower and bling-bling, lots of chrome and accessories," said Cindy Knight, a Toyota spokeswoman. "Maybe the hot rodders of tomorrow are the people who want to get in there and see what they can do about increasing fuel economy."'

"The extra batteries let Gremban drive for 20 miles with a 50-50 mix of gas and electricity. Even after the car runs out of power from the batteries and switches to the standard hybrid mode, it gets the typical Prius fuel efficiency of around 45 mpg. As long as Gremban doesn't drive too far in a day, he says, he gets 80 mpg."


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