Wondering if some of you hypermilers out there could give me some advice. I've tried to read as much as I can about PNG, but one thing I'm unclear on. Some articles say to accellerate gently up to speed before gliding. One such article is:

http://hybridcars.about.com/od/owner...seandglide.htm

With the following quote:
"First, Pulse - Getting The Car Up To Speed
When the car needs to get up to speed, gently accelerate. As much as possible, avoid using energy from the large hybrid battery while accelerating."

A competing statement can be found on page 15 of the following pdf file:

http://www.rmi.org/images/other/Newsletter/NLRMIsummer05.pdf

This one says that a Prius should be accelerated briskly because it is more efficient at higher speeds.

So, what is the correct method for my HCHII? Watching my instantaneous MPG, it "feels" like the brisk acceleration is better, especially if the speed limit is 45 mph. The car glides very nicely at 45, and I can usually get some pretty good stretches in "EV" mode at that speed.

So, a little help for a wannabe?