Best use of EV mode - Stop-n-Go traffic

Discussion in 'Gen III 2010+ Prius Main Forum' started by nemrut, Aug 11, 2009.

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    nemrut New Member

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    this may have been mentioned elsewhere but Ive found that the best use of EV mode is not the parking lot nor moving your car out of the garage, but in stop-n-go traffic--especially on the freeway. Obviously no one likes to get stuck in traffic but if you are EV mode it can save a fair amount of gas.

    Today i went for almost 2mi of stopngo freeway traffic-all in EV mode before taking my exit!
    nemrut, Aug 11, 2009
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    That's been my experience - watching the avg. mpg climb in stop and go traffic.
    jay_man2, Aug 11, 2009
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