Not if you're driving just one mile either way, it won't! Like I said, my girl's school trip is a measly 1.5 miles, and it's through traffic at two intersections on a busy national road.
My driving is in very hot weather, and, as I said, the AC seems to drain the batteries within several minutes.
Several minutes, by the way, is the length of my cold school trip. It's also the amount of time I spend stationary at the toll gate after a highway trip, watching that hard won battery charge slip away. When I'm not on the highway, my in-town speed average is a wretched ten miles an hour or so. Most in-town trips are under five miles with no stoplights but dozens of unpredictable stops due to incredible congestion. Within those five miles, I'm lucky if I can get up to more than 20 mph more than once so I can do a good regen stop or glide. And if I do get up a head of steam, a bus or motorbike will come screeching to a halt in front of me to drop off passengers, often cutting me off in the process. We're talking near-Indian levels of chaos here.
When I did get out to the city, I managed to eke out mixed numbers in traffic in the 55 range. Pretty damn good. On a mostly (hilly) highway trip, I'm doing 60 to 65. If I had the car longer, I would have taken it on my inspection tour, to see what a really long, flat highway can do for economy.
Like I said... It's merely a comment on how low economy is on a cold start. still got nearly twice what I can get out of the most economical gasoline car I've driven on the same short route, though our local super-minis can give the Prius C a run for its money on the highway.
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