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For all vehicles, it's fairly difficult to achieve the miles per gallon (MPG) estimates established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But the EPA estimates seem particularly unrealistic for hybrid vehicles. This is largely due to the nature of hybrids, which run on a combination of a gasoline engine and eletric motor. | For all vehicles, it's fairly difficult to achieve the miles per gallon (MPG) estimates established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But the EPA estimates seem particularly unrealistic for hybrid vehicles. This is largely due to the nature of hybrids, which run on a combination of a gasoline engine and eletric motor. | ||
Full hybrids | Full hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius, have the ability to run on just the electric engine at low speeds. In city driving, Theoretically, if you were just cruising at low speeds, you wouldn't ever need to engage the gasoline engine and the MPG would be terrific | ||
Revision as of 20:41, 19 June 2006
For all vehicles, it's fairly difficult to achieve the miles per gallon (MPG) estimates established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But the EPA estimates seem particularly unrealistic for hybrid vehicles. This is largely due to the nature of hybrids, which run on a combination of a gasoline engine and eletric motor.
Full hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius, have the ability to run on just the electric engine at low speeds. In city driving, Theoretically, if you were just cruising at low speeds, you wouldn't ever need to engage the gasoline engine and the MPG would be terrific
