Doctor Drivel ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

Acceleration even remotely approaching "sloth-like" also causes it to
kick out of ZEV mode.

The Prius accelerates very well indeed.

No, it doesn't.

With the petrol engine kicking, it's acceleration is lacklustre.
Keeping to ZEV mode, you'd out-accelerated by any random mollusc.