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Old 02-09-2012, 04:16 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Those numbers seem very high to me. I use the A/C in my Prius on the highway and where I normally get 50 mpg there is no way that is cut down to 35 mpg (30% loss) just by turning on the A/C. I suspect the truth will be told in their testing procedure.
I think the numbers are high also, but here see page 17 and on. Same kind of results. In my car I see about a 5 mpg hit on hot days, but the cold weather hit is worse. My daily commute is amost exactly the EPA highway cycle.
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