Hypermiling article. PriusChat mentioned.

ericbecky · 12-23-2006, 08:19 PM

Here is an article that covers some of the fun that went on at last year's Hybridfest. While a lot of the article is about Wayne Gerdes creator of cleanmpg.com, it also covers quite a few of the hybird community notables like Hobbit, Dave Bassage, Dan Kroushl, and more! There's even a plug for priuschat on page four!

Quote:

This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk.

On a midsummer saturday in a sprawling Wisconsin parking lot, about a dozen people are milling about a Oandy-apple red Honda Insight. They're watching Wayne Gerdes prepare for his run in Hybridfest's mpg Challenge, a 20-mile race through the streets of Madison. Wayne is the odds-on favorite to win the challenge, in which drivers compete to push the automotive limits not of speed and power—a desire those gathered here consider old-fashioned and wasteful—but for the unsexy title of Most Fuel-Efficient Driver in the World.[/b]

Read more about the mileage run (in which he ended up getting over 150 mpg!!) at Mother Jones+

tochatihu · 12-24-2006, 12:23 AM

Tour del Sol (Saratoga NY) web page

http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/index.php

Hybridfest web page (Madison WI, including 2006 results)

http://www.hybridfest.com/

The long thread about the Oklahoma Insight Marathon is

http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2233

Delta Flyer · 12-24-2006, 11:52 AM

Some of the names mentioned are really familiar.

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12-24-2006, 12:23 AM	#2
tochatihu Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kunming Yunnan China Posts: 1,798 My Car: 2001 Prius Package: Pioneer #1 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 6	Tour del Sol (Saratoga NY) web page http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/index.php Hybridfest web page (Madison WI, including 2006 results) http://www.hybridfest.com/ The long thread about the Oklahoma Insight Marathon is http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2233

12-24-2006, 11:52 AM	#3
Delta Flyer Honda Enzyte Driver Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lewisville, TX (Dallas area) Posts: 1,008 My Car: Other Hybrid Package: N/A Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	Some of the names mentioned are really familiar.