OK guys, y'all are ganging up on me here, and I seem to have failed to make my point. I'll say this one more thing, and if you don't get it, then I'll just drop it.

If a consumer's normal commute is average 20 mph, with 23 stops, 11 miles in 31 minutes, with a max speed of 56 mph, then THAT is the EPA test run. That person should get 60 MPH "WITHOUT USING ANY HYPERMILER TRICKS AT ALL*, no overinflated tires, no coasting, no pulse driving, nothing special.

I'm saying that is not probable and not likely and is not a reality. That makes the EPA test a farce for the Hybrid, and overstates the MPG by a large margin.

I do not think that even one of the drivers at GH.COM could get 60 MPG in a Prius in their normal commute "without using any hypermiler tricks". To do so would mean their commute is even simpler than the EPA test run.

Thus, because of the flawed nature of the test, any car which runs MORE IN EV MODE THAN A NORMAL DRIVER might experience, then the test is logically skewed more in the benefit of the hybrid.

This is the ONE REASON why we have people who complain about not getting 60 MPG in their City commute....