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Originally Posted by Black5thgen
That's great but I'm talking real world mpg's VS. MSRP. My parents have a 2010 Prius and as much as I hate toyota I have to admit they never get less than 50mpg's city or highway and they paid under 25K. It just blows my mind that GM or Ford haven't had a competitor and still don't for a car that has been around since 2001. Voltec is impressive technology but they could have reduced cost by simplifying the drive system and sold a lot more.
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If you want to talk real world MPGs, then I probably shouldn't tell you about the engineer who managed 3,108 MPG with his Volt.
In a more realistic situation, the Volt, running on electricity and gasoline (aka expending the EV range and switching to gasoline afterwards), will do 60 MPG. Still more than the Prius.
Technically if you never exceed 40 miles, as the majority of drivers typically drive less than 40 miles every day, you're doing infinity miles per gallon until the Volt burns the gasoline in the tank to prevent it from going stale.
Again, you get what you pay for.