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Originally Posted by Phase
idk. they are very similar when parked near each other
whats even more weird, is even though the epa says my ioniq is 59 or 60 for highway, and the corolla hybrid is 52, in the real world, my girlfriends corolla hybrid gets 68 mpg on the same stretch of highway that my MODDED ioniq with rear wheel covers and no mirrors gets 65. her corolla hybrid also gets better city than my ioniq, even though the ioniq is rated higher
a lot of '' real world'' reviews usually show toyota hybrids getting higher mpg than the epa, while the ioniq gets lower in the real world than epa. its very weird. i almost wish i had just gotten a modern prius or prius prime. those wouldve been easier to aero mod too... better flat floors to start with, a rear diffuser to extend and build upon, TRD already offers factory aero mods, wheel covers can be added since prius doesnt even use smooth wheels, and so on and so on
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EPA Highway is achieved on a dyno, it's not the 'real world.'
All hybrid owners are tasked with finding a steady speed, on a flat, dry, windless road, that returns the EPA HWY value.
It's got to have absolutely zero complemented power from the hybrid system.
And from there on out, all 'highway' testing needs to be conducted on that stretch of road, at that same speed, under the same conditions, except for the 'shape'.
The ONLY variable allowed is the 'shape'. Otherwise the numbers are 'garbage.'
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PS, if all the Toyota hybrids have CVT, then they will have a decisive BSFC advantage over non-CVT cars.
We've been warned by the experts that, we can lose up to 30% of streamlining advantage if we don't gear-match the car, load-for-load.