[sheepdog 44]

Concerning car#1 the so called rolling battery Prius with the decal on the back claiming it gets "800 mpg!" that got 285.95mpge at the GGP.

So when Bob announced the #1 Prius, he said it used 3/4 of a gallon of gas (25.275kwh equivalent) and 11.7kwh from the battery pack at 36.9kwh total energy consumption over 99.8 miles. 36.9kwh is equivalent to 1.1 gallons of gas for a final score of 90.72 mpge.

Well maybe i misheard and he only used 1/4 of a gallon of gas? That would be equivalent to 8.425kwh from gas + 11.7kwh from battery = 20.125kwh total. Convert to gasoline .597 gallons equivalent for a final score of 167.16mpge.

So how did he get 285.95mpge over 99.8 miles? That would require exactly 0.349 of a gallon of gas which is equivalent to 11.7kwh! Wait, 11.7kwh is exactly the amount announced he used solely from the battery! Ergo 285.95mpge is a complete BS number that IGNORES all gasoline used.

If 285.95mpge at 45mph average would propel a pure electric vehicle to mass adoption across the country, getting 2.5X the efficiency of the city rating of a Nissan Leaf, instantly ending our dependence on fossil fuels! Then you know something just doesn't add up.

According to official numbers he used .16 gallons of gas (5.392kwh) + 15.84kwh from the battery = 21.232kwh (.63 gallons of gas equivalent) total over 99.8 miles for a final score of 158.4mpge.