Real-World hybrid MPG study

john1701a · 08-09-2004, 01:00 PM

I found this rather interesting... http://avt.inel.gov/hev.html

A summary of the data, all accumulated in Arizona, consists of the following:

6 Insights (5 CVT, 1 Manual) driven 347,000 miles resulted in 46.0 MPG

4 Civic-Hybrids (all CVT) driven 284,000 miles resulted in an average of 38.0 MPG

4 Classic Prius driven 380,000 miles resulted in an average of 41.1 MPG

2 (not completely broken-in yet, so MPG will be even better later) 2004 Prius driven 16,000 miles resulting in an average of 44.6 MPG

aarons12 · 08-09-2004, 01:18 PM

that jives pretty well with my real world mileage, and considering the difference in useability between the insight and the prius, it's quite acceptable

hdrygas · 08-09-2004, 10:24 PM

Any thought about the bouncing around of the graphs and the general slope?

LeVautRien · 08-09-2004, 10:34 PM

Maybe that downward spike there is a cold snap in February?

I would suspect the slope as a whole would be from decreasing winter temperatures, as well...

08-09-2004, 01:00 PM	#1
john1701a Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,801 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Pioneer #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 6	Real-World hybrid MPG study I found this rather interesting... http://avt.inel.gov/hev.html A summary of the data, all accumulated in Arizona, consists of the following: 6 Insights (5 CVT, 1 Manual) driven 347,000 miles resulted in 46.0 MPG 4 Civic-Hybrids (all CVT) driven 284,000 miles resulted in an average of 38.0 MPG 4 Classic Prius driven 380,000 miles resulted in an average of 41.1 MPG 2 (not completely broken-in yet, so MPG will be even better later) 2004 Prius driven 16,000 miles resulting in an average of 44.6 MPG

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08-09-2004, 01:18 PM	#2
aarons12 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: long island, NY Posts: 705 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	that jives pretty well with my real world mileage, and considering the difference in useability between the insight and the prius, it's quite acceptable

08-09-2004, 10:24 PM	#3
hdrygas Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Olympia Wa Posts: 3,650 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Any thought about the bouncing around of the graphs and the general slope?

08-09-2004, 10:34 PM	#4
LeVautRien Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Claremont, California Posts: 367 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Maybe that downward spike there is a cold snap in February? I would suspect the slope as a whole would be from decreasing winter temperatures, as well...