Yes, it's in city driving that hybrid vehicles shine. Stop and go is a mileage killer with gas engines, but hybrids use the electric motor for initial acceleration. Ford's Mercury Mariner and Ford Escape are medium sized SUVs, yet they can get 33 mpg in city driving with the hybrid powertrain. Paul On Jul 26, 2006, at 11:19 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
> Aaron Reynolds wrote: >> Seriously? >> >> No wonder we're so happy with our fuel consumption in the Golf. >> >> -Aaron >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Considering the Prius gets only slightly worse fuel efficiency numbers >> than a Golf TDI, >> > > At 49 highway MPG, it does a bit better than the Prius's actually 45 or > so, the Prius is rated at 51, but gets around 45 actual MPG on the > highway. Theres issues with the EPA MPG test and hybrids, as their fuel > usage is different than what the test assumes. Note the Prius is rated > at 60MPG in the city and the Golf TDI is only 42 (this is becuase the > Prius burns no gas below 15km/h, running on electric only at that > speed) > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
