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Originally Posted by Vman455
We laugh, but Toyota itself has engaged in such foolery. In 2014 they took a Plug-in Prius to the Nürburgring and then claimed to the media it had achieved 698 mpg because the gas engine only turned on for part of the 13-mile loop and the rest was run on battery power. That result is only possible if you don't count the electricity used at all. |
They may be trying to not include the solar power in the overall mpg number and count it was free power.
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