Comments on: Plug-In Prius Coming This Year http://www.hybrid-rental-car.com/plug-in-prius-coming-this-year/81 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:58:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: SpEd http://www.hybrid-rental-car.com/plug-in-prius-coming-this-year/81/comment-page-1#comment-241 SpEd Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:57:08 +0000 http://www.hybrid-rental-car.com/?p=81#comment-241 With the 2007 Prius, I currently average 51.7 mpg (in summer, WITH A/C), without any such plug-in feature, so I have to agree with the statement that driver behavior, and not the technology, determines potential MPG. I am already realizing the mileage attained by the Seattle test group for the "new" plug-in model, without even having this feature. For true mpg estimates, the new model should be tested by Prius owners who drive the vehicle as it is intended--to save fuel, and not as an excuse to drive wastefully. With the 2007 Prius, I currently average 51.7 mpg (in summer, WITH A/C), without any such plug-in feature, so I have to agree with the statement that driver behavior, and not the technology, determines potential MPG. I am already realizing the mileage attained by the Seattle test group for the “new” plug-in model, without even having this feature.

For true mpg estimates, the new model should be tested by Prius owners who drive the vehicle as it is intended–to save fuel, and not as an excuse to drive wastefully.

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