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Old 06-11-2008, 07:20 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ebacherville View Post
watch the screen it has a nice display that shows where power is comming from.. tyr for as much battery as you can get .. or look at the MPG display etc.... P&G will give you the best mpg for the most part no matter what car ..
No for a Prius don't run the battery down(50% SOC is good). It's not an electric car. You will find a sweet spot where the engine is off and you are coasting. They don't do well FE wise above 40 mph so if you can plan routes that let you pulse and glide below 40 you'll do great. There is another thread that was on the same subject do a search and you can find it. There is an excellent article on it at cleanmpg that the other thread refrences.
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