I was talking about hard steep uphills.

The speed is down to about 50. Those are extreem condition only in the area west of Denver. On the normal highways, the battery never runs below 1/2, actually never below 3/4. The charging is dynamic. If the car thinks battery is low, it will give more chance to charge.

On average highway, it gives 43MPG on 75-80MPH driving and about 50MPG if you drive 65-70MPH. Normally I do not drive that slow. So I don't get that close-to 50 high MPG. The sweet spot is on stop-and-go trip over 20 minutes driving. If you only drives 5 minutes each trip, you can only gets 42-43. It taks time to worm up. Can Corolla gets mid 40s on highway? I think the new model Prius get more MPG than previous version and much bigger interior than Corrola... similar to Camry.

Worth the money? It's really a personal thing... I think it is cool car...quiet, easy to drive in the city, smart keys, etc. I'm not looking for sporty when I drive the Prius. If you want fast and aggressive handling, Prius is not for you. Quiet easy driving and high MPG is it all about.

BTW, I do not like Camry or Corolla kind of cars... they are vanillas.

 

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• 我更同意你的观点，一是hybrid在高速上根本没有什么理论上的优势 -triangle- ♂ (99 bytes) () 03/03/2011 postreply 19:36:47

• 好像是没什么理论上的优势。可能类似Chevy的8缸变4缸。 -BigV8- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/04/2011 postreply 00:19:15