"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
"The advanced battery technology allows the car to be driven for around
14 miles on its electric power alone with no tailpipe emissions and
zero fuel consumption.

Once Prius Plug-in Hybrid has reached the limits of its electric range,
it switches seamlessly to its full hybrid system, bringing the petrol
engine into play. This means the driver can avoid the range anxiety
associated with all-electric vehicles.

Did you see that Top Gear where they drove a Pious round their test track
as fast as it would go (ie slowly) and followed it with a BMW M3? (The M3
has the poorest fuel consumption of the 3 series range.)

The Pious used considerably more fuel...

It was a pointless test though, all it showed was using a vehicle in a way
that it's not designed to be used results in less than optimum performance.


Tim