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Road Test: Plug-in Prius less cool in cold
Quick ReadAlthough I recharged the batteries every night of that frigid week of the big blizzard, I averaged only 47.1 mpg -- about 3 mpg less than the EPA's estimate for a regular Prius, a hybrid you can't plug in.
Photo credit: handout/ | 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid
Electric cars are fair weather friends of a sort -- more efficient in warm weather. My recent experience with the plug-in Toyota Prius due to go on sale next year illustrated that well. Although I recharged the batteries every night of that frigid week of the big blizzard, I averaged only 47.1 mpg -- about 3 mpg less than the EPA's estimate for a regular Prius, a hybrid you can't plug in.
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