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Real-World hybrid MPG study

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by john1701a, Aug 9, 2004.

  1. john1701a

    john1701a Prius Guru

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