(based on a lot of clicking about with
http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/)
Internal Combustion
8 entered
2 withdrew
4 eliminated
eliminated reasons
<67mpge,<67mpge,<minmpg,blank
2 remaining
%37.5 of 8 entrants eliminated for mpge
Battery Electric
15 entered
1 withdrew
7 eliminated
eliminated reasons
co2,range,blank,accel,DNS,<minmpg,co2,range,techni cal,blank
7 remaining
%20 of 15 entrants eliminated for mpge/range*
Hybrids(including plug in)
9 entered
2 withdrew
7 eliminated
eliminated reasons
<67mpge,<67mpge,emissions,<67mpge,avoidance,<67mpg e,<67mpge
0 remaining
%55.6 of 9 entrants eliminated for mpge
*I'm including range in the electric figures because, well, the teams really blew that mpg estimate, didn't they?
I appreciate that mpge is a bit wonky unit of measure, and this is a pretty small sample, but if hybrids were doing the job in a competition, they should do better mpg than an Internal combustion only vehicle if mpge is biased against Internal Combustion.