2010 3rd Gen Prius versus 2012 1st Gen PiP - GO!

Check it out guys. Wife drove the PiP, same route! It is newer, has different batteries, but pretty close to real world figures (and she's not a feather pedaler either).

First test ~24 miles, slight downhill, 30-40 mph, PiP already having an empty battery:

• 107 MPG PiP
• 92.6 MPG 3rd Gen Prius
• That's 13.5% improvement in regular Hybrid driving! But...of course maybe the 1st Gen PiP caught more regen...

Second test ~60 miles, pretty even grade, 70% highway 65 mph+ and 30% city 20-30 mph, PiP is fully charged.

• 98 MPG over 66.3 miles PiP (Not sure what happened here!)
• 55.3 MPG over 53.9 miles 3rd Gen Prius
• That's a 43.6% improvement including the 11 miles at 999 MPG...but how much did I do on the later 55.3 miles of hte PiP?

On other separate tests I would travel 80 miles with a fully charged PiP in the summer and consistently yield 62 MPG while my 3rd Gen would do 55 - so definitely a tall-tale sign of the improvement of the PiP which may lead to something greater when the Prime comes around.

 

Ok so I'm using the display.

However, I do have a lifetime ownership calculation that strictly calculates Hybrid Miles.

My only gripe is that I've had non-hypermilers drive my vehicles and since I drive the PiP most I'd figure it'd be more efficient lol...

So, calculation on strict HV mode (none of this MPGe stuff...)

2010 3rd Gen Lifetime: 46.10 Average MPG (Bleck, I know! lol)
2012 PiP Lifetime: 49.06

Difference: 6% better in PiP.

But with the PiP I know you can cheat a little...HV miles count I think if you're in HV mode and you may have some EV miles left...I'm not sure. But my calculation is strictly based on HV miles as shown by the PiP.