Sabrina,

I live in Florida where it's really flat and relatively warm. My commute to work is about 16 miles. In my tank and a half, Ive found that the first half of my daily commute I'm getting less than 30 MPG, but by the time I'm pulling into the parking lot, I've averaged over 40. If you live in a cooler climate, your gas engine will run more until summer. As discussed, hills are a MPG killer and if your commute is less than about 10 miles, you'll have a tough time making up the lose from the warm up. My commute is along 45 miles per hour roads, but if I'm in traffic, I'll only do 40 once it's warmed up so that it'll run in the electric only mode. If you're on interstates, again, it's tough to get the MPG gauge to sit at 60 or EV. When you read about the MPGs folks are getting, it's more about where they live and what type and how far their daily commute is rather than just driving technique or "having a better car". My wife has a Prius that she gets about 50 MPG with. When I drive it over the same commute as the TCH, I got over 65 MPG, but she has a far shorter commute than mine. I hope you can figure out why you are getting less based on this dicussion.

Brian