That's my mom. She bought an EV with a short range and would do her best to slowly accelerate. She even did this on the freeway. Glad she got rid of that car.
@@eric-fm3bb Not saying the Prius can't go fast. It does zero to 60 in 6 seconds. But to get this kind of MPG it was likely driven at a very relaxed pace. Possibly slow enough to annoy other drivers.
Yes of course.. I drive it relatively decent , I don't drive too slow but feathering the pedal helps. I mostly drive on 'eco mode' as well so that helps quite a bit when it comes to the use of gas. I also found that if I get up to speed and slightly let off the pedal ,while maintaining pressure, that the hybrid battery would kick on and shut off the engine and help me coast for as long as it can further saving gas. Toyota is definitely the way to if you're looking for a gas sipper. Horse power is definitely the down side when it comes to some of their models. I wish they would find a way to bump that up a bit but I guess that's just something you'd have to sacrifice.
@stardust but going in downhills and before uphills, should put down more power to get more speed . the fast your going, the more power down will be not so bad for effiency . dont want to power down too much or too less though, should tend to be more at area between eco and power range at flat road. a road incline meter would be nice ,some off roaders have thsi like some tacomas, g wagon, land rover range rover sorta thing
I had a 1994 Geo Metro that averaged 55 mpg in San Diego driving. When I moved to Wichita the following year, I averaged 67 mpg between Flagstaff and Albuquerque. It held over 10 gallons, giving me a range of close to 600 miles before refueling. I loved that car.
They were great.. I used one as a courier car.. put 100K on it in ONE year. Beat the hell out of it.. never let me down. The interior.. was pretty crap on it. But powertrain was amazing. But 50hp in a 1200 lb car.. in an accident not great results. These new cars are much heavier have a lot more power, and are more fuel efficient.
hydrogen is not easy to transport and is not a popular fuel tech. Toyota is one of the ONLY manufacturers and they sell very few. Toyotas hybrid tech is very good through.
I remember back in 2001 when Toyota had the EcoSpirit3 which was a diesel-electric hybrid that averaged 101 MPG. For whatever reason they shelved it and released the Toyota Prius which only averaged 50-60 MPG.
I knew Wayne 20 years ago from Insight Central when we were driving first gen Insights. He was always the best hypermiler of all of us and was friendly and helpful and always shared his tips. I am glad to see he has driven on to great things.
@@adanmortur better mileage, much cheaper and easier to replace, and better in snow. Also the smaller wheel can have more side wall which is better for potholes. I get so many potholes in my city.
Oh yeah, I'm on my 6th Prius now, a 2024. After the car is truly broken-in nicely, between 5,000-6,000 miles, you will begin noticing an increase in fuel mileage. I mean, noticeable increase. The Prius is the perfect car, for families, touring, commuter, under-cover work, drug smuggling, escape, efficiency, cruiser. You name it, it can pretty much do it all within reason. I wouldn't do a Paris-Dakar Race with the Prius. Or maybe the awd version would do okay, I don't know.
Love my Prius. I bought it in 2023 after a six month wait. Right now I'm breaking in my wife's new Corolla Cross Hybrid. An SUV averaging 43MPG! But I miss my Prius. I prefer that over my 911. For different reasons of course.
😂😂 Yall need to stop. 69.8 in a camry sure. I consistently get 44.3 MPG and in my 25 Camry. Know when I just get gas it says some wonky high MPG but eventually after a few miles goes to 43-44
its doable even on older Prius Prime... just recently I traveled 2000 miles with 3 people in the car, air-conditioning on, doing around 70-75 miles per hour--- yet my average was 70 MPG.... if I would reduce the speed to 60 miles per hour I could get that realistically to 78 MPG
I owned a 2000 Honda insight which was the first hybrid production vehicle in the United States. People were getting over 100 mpg. I drove mine from Denver to Topeka with one tank of gas with two bars leftover. How you drive your car can effect your efficiency, a lot. I now own a Prius c which is great especially for uber.
Gen 1 insight, over inflate re92 165/65/14 tire to 52psi. Draft behind car transporters or chartered busses and I get 72mpg from TN to atl and back avg 74mph hwy - fun car to drive with 5MT but time is too valuable to putt around to save a few bucks, gas is $2.30 per gal at Costco right now. Why we obsess so much on mpg I will never understand mathematically
I always liked the Prius. Not for it's looks until now. Well done Wayne! No one needs a 5,000 lbs EV with 500 hp, pretending to safe the planet! LOL. I am old school and I usually drive my cars with better mpg as rated. Sometimes I like to step on too. In the past I've been into racing. Mountain road racing in Italy or slalom. Many cars form the 80's are taking place in these races. Nothing beats weight with some hp!
I drive a 2019 Prius hybrid. In the summer I have had times when I could get 1200 to 1400 miles on a tanks of gas. Once I got 1700 miles. The trick is not driving 55-65 miles per hour on the interstate. Drive 50 miles per hour or lower, use gas mode to start and get to speed you want. Change to EV while driving. Let off on gas when you see a stop light and time it so you don't come to a complete stop. Always, always start off slowly. You have a dashboard monitor that tells you how your driving is doing. It's a bit of a game that rewards you with good mileage. Oh, in the winter the milage is less. Usually 800 or 900 miles to a tank of gas. Still, I think a Prius is the best car on the road!
Damn, I thought there was some breakthrough on the hybrid tech. 118 is the mpg record for a driver on a late 80's Honda Crx which was just gas. Just saying, CRX is a boss mpg beast that can keep up with hybrids.
@someoneyoudontknowtrades 60kmh?. In usa everyone drives around 120 kmh on highways. And 40 kmh in normal streets. Primus can do 2.5l/100km with speed 70 mph = 120kmh. I lived whole my life in Europe and recently moved to usa. Europe is small.
I should've NEVER sold my Prius...! Mine had 150,000 + miles on it and Carvana at the time paid me $5,000 for it. Huge mistake on my end! Prius is the BEST car in the world bar none...!!
Bruh I'm disappointed it's not 105 or 102mpg come on this is the best we can do in 2024 like gas cars have around since 1890s that's a little over 200+ years like bruh and that's a hybrid to
Cars could do those number but there would be a lot of changes to the normal car design. Like the body panels would cover the back wheels and the end of the car would be elongated for aero efficiency. At the end of the day, these are products and they have to exist within the market of appeal an be able to be produced on a mass scale
I have the Prius SE trim and do 65 miles a day, speed is set at 62mph and my average mpg is 75, what a gas sipper, and that's not even trying to hipper mile it, just letting the car do all the work
I have had the 2024 Prius prime XSE for about 6 months now. The car keeps getting better and better as I drive it. I get 45 to 50 miles all electric with the battery fully charged. MPG for the gas ranges from 40 (high altitude) to 60 (flat surface and going with the wind at ocean elevation). The only things I would change are I wish I had the 17 inch wheels for better MPG, and better sound insulation. The sound insulation is good but could be better, like Camry level. Overall, great car and I have already put 10,000 miles on it. With electric and gas combined, I get around 100 mpg with combined city driving and work driving. For this Guinness Book trip, I think he went super slow like 30 miles per hour, which is not practical for everyone else.
So I have a Lexus hybrid and in order to obtain great gas mileage, you need to drive super slow off the line and consistent while on the move, carefully making sure to not pass the power rev line. Of course, everyone behind you are super pissed off at you, and violently swerving around you. You will get the occasional middle finger or yelling, but mostly deadly stares.
That's funny. I really hope he didn't have to cheat that bad to get a mpg in the low 90's because it should be higher! Maybe it was just a photo drone shot cruise by
@@DioTheGreatOne that's less important these days, as electric vehicles last longer than gas powered engines. And cars in general just last longer. Most people don't keep their cars over 5 years. Just lease your vehicles and trade up to the latest model every to two to four years.
they learned their lessons and 4th gen Prius tuck the cat really deep inside. These cats are immediately follow after the exhaust manifold each side. They are no longer exposed for a quick cut like 2nd and 3rd gen.
@@Michaelthearcheangel After much research I’ve confirmed that…there’s no clear answer. It was either a 2023 or 2024 Prius…but the likely reason it isn’t specified is because it doesn’t matter. Both years are identical from a mechanical/technical basis. Either year would have delivered the same MPG under these circumstances.
I wished the new prius had a less powerful engine, had they made a eco version where it has the same power as the last generation prius, it could have had an epa of 60mpg combined, instead of 57.
it's a plugin hybrid ... how many times did he plug in to charge? I borrowed a friend's 2015 plugin Prius and averaged 98mpg for 670 miles according to the Trip A odometer with everyday driving.
I got my 2021 (If I remember right on the year of the car) Prius C up to 81 on a 100 mile out and back course in Florida on the highway with the air on 🙂
I wonder how much the gas mileage would improve on the highway with 1 inch lowering springs? I am really surprised it only has a drag coefficient of 0.27 , it looks like it would be more.
Another way to get higher MPG: Weight reduction: 1. Decrease the car body weight (Carbon fiber hood and body) ; 2, Decrease the person body weight (Carb free diet) or change of Ethnicity.
Need a test where they are actually using the climate controls, driving at or around speed limit and not having to overthink stop lights. Still impressive but yeah
My Model Y would do better than 100 MPGe while driving 10% over the speed limit and AC running. Recharging takes less than my bathroom/coffee breaks while he is standing at a gas pump and adding oil
lol I know my plug in rav4 averages 93.4 mpg but on a daily commute it’s saids 99.9 mpg when i don’t run out of battery .. but you don’t see me getting no record’s
The record for getting honked at for driving too slow, was also shattered.
That's my mom. She bought an EV with a short range and would do her best to slowly accelerate. She even did this on the freeway. Glad she got rid of that car.
You're probably right... :)
You are 100% wrong!!!! Newer Prius model is quick( not super fast) but has good power enough to drive especially 2023 and 2024 models
@@eric-fm3bb Not saying the Prius can't go fast. It does zero to 60 in 6 seconds. But to get this kind of MPG it was likely driven at a very relaxed pace. Possibly slow enough to annoy other drivers.
Maybe take the bus if you wanna feel impatient.
Toyota actually cooked w the new prius
The car is excellent on so many levels.
could be better, they said they made it less effceint for looks , feel etc, to be more appealing to normal people
@@ouch9326 The best car is the one that sells.
I averaged 93.8 yesterday . 2024 Toyota Corolla se hybrid
how
Wow. How? Can you elaborate a little? Not that i done believe you.
@@asianstud7drive slowly 😂
Yes of course.. I drive it relatively decent , I don't drive too slow but feathering the pedal helps. I mostly drive on 'eco mode' as well so that helps quite a bit when it comes to the use of gas. I also found that if I get up to speed and slightly let off the pedal ,while maintaining pressure, that the hybrid battery would kick on and shut off the engine and help me coast for as long as it can further saving gas. Toyota is definitely the way to if you're looking for a gas sipper. Horse power is definitely the down side when it comes to some of their models. I wish they would find a way to bump that up a bit but I guess that's just something you'd have to sacrifice.
@stardust but going in downhills and before uphills, should put down more power to get more speed . the fast your going, the more power down will be not so bad for effiency . dont want to power down too much or too less though, should tend to be more at area between eco and power range at flat road. a road incline meter would be nice ,some off roaders have thsi like some tacomas, g wagon, land rover range rover sorta thing
so 11.3 gallon tank x 93 mpg/gal = 1053.9 MPG full tank ? nutz
Can you imagine covering that much ground on a single tank? At that point human fluids are the limiting factor on stops. :)
@@KarlBrauerCars Maybe he has a Dune deep desert suit or an empty jug to transfer fluids.
@@jeretso That would be very helpful! 😄
mpg already means miles/gal, mpg/gal is inaccurate
My audi tt tdi swap got 1600 km/tank
I had a 1994 Geo Metro that averaged 55 mpg in San Diego driving. When I moved to Wichita the following year, I averaged 67 mpg between Flagstaff and Albuquerque. It held over 10 gallons, giving me a range of close to 600 miles before refueling. I loved that car.
I have a friend with an older Acura TL that he claims will get over 700 miles on a tank, and without him doing any crazy hypermiling tactics. 🤷🏻♂
'auto auctions rebuilds' just made a video on that car. He bought at an auction for $250. He mentions in the video about the crazy mpg numbers.
I wanted to get that car as a secondary because it's so good on gas
They were great.. I used one as a courier car.. put 100K on it in ONE year. Beat the hell out of it.. never let me down. The interior.. was pretty crap on it. But powertrain was amazing.
But 50hp in a 1200 lb car.. in an accident not great results.
These new cars are much heavier have a lot more power, and are more fuel efficient.
Similar experience in 1985/1986 Chevy Sprint, under the hoods a 3 cylinder 1000 cc Suzuki motor. Put 120,000 plus miles on that car in over 10 years
I have a 2022 Prius LE and consistently get mid 60 mpg from a full tank. Once you learn how to drive a Toyota hybrid it’s quite efficient.
True
I still remember people laughing at Toyota for sticking with hybrid when everyone else is going EV. Oh how the tables have turned.
hydrogen is not easy to transport and is not a popular fuel tech. Toyota is one of the ONLY manufacturers and they sell very few. Toyotas hybrid tech is very good through.
I remember back in 2001 when Toyota had the EcoSpirit3 which was a diesel-electric hybrid that averaged 101 MPG. For whatever reason they shelved it and released the Toyota Prius which only averaged 50-60 MPG.
@@TheSmark666diesel scare, that was the reason.
Nah, they are falling behind with EV tech.
Losing asian market
@@drivingforcebehinduthey're never the first because they refine over and over but then end up being the best
I knew Wayne 20 years ago from Insight Central when we were driving first gen Insights. He was always the best hypermiler of all of us and was friendly and helpful and always shared his tips. I am glad to see he has driven on to great things.
Definitely a talented fuel efficiency expert.
I am really surprised someone didn't set a high record in the lower 90's with the 1st gen insight?
@@greeneking77 Agreed. I always really liked that car and feel like it got passed over because it was so early in the hybrid movement.
I only get around 48 MPG but I enjoy driving 80 MPH in my 2024 Prius Limited. Love it!!!
Seems like a pretty good balance between speed and efficiency.
I get 58MPG on my 2022 Rav4 Hybrid last week. Average speed on 5 freeway is 20~30mph during rush hour. 50 miles roundtrip per day.
I really want the new prius, but I just hate they force us to use 19inch wheel for the XLE trim.... I want the 17inch wheel on XLE trim!
You’re not alone. Toyota should offer that combination.
@KarlBrauerCars swapping wheels wouldnt work?
@@worstusername22you'd have to pay for them which is stupid. Should just be a factory option.
Here in my country is the opposite, ppl want 19 inches and come with 17 inch lol, so why do u want 17 inches?
@@adanmortur better mileage, much cheaper and easier to replace, and better in snow. Also the smaller wheel can have more side wall which is better for potholes. I get so many potholes in my city.
One month into my 2024 Prius and got 61.9 mpg driving from NJ to NC. Today.
My numbers have been steadily improving since the day I bought it. Crazy.
I’m hearing from a lot of Prius drivers that are beating the EPA numbers. The car is compelling on so many levels.
Oh yeah, I'm on my 6th Prius now, a 2024. After the car is truly broken-in nicely, between 5,000-6,000 miles, you will begin noticing an increase in fuel mileage. I mean, noticeable increase. The Prius is the perfect car, for families, touring, commuter, under-cover work, drug smuggling, escape, efficiency, cruiser. You name it, it can pretty much do it all within reason. I wouldn't do a Paris-Dakar Race with the Prius. Or maybe the awd version would do okay, I don't know.
@@seethingsclearlyawaken3424 Agree 100% ruclips.net/video/EPeBEr9waHY/видео.html
Love my Prius. I bought it in 2023 after a six month wait. Right now I'm breaking in my wife's new Corolla Cross Hybrid. An SUV averaging 43MPG! But I miss my Prius. I prefer that over my 911. For different reasons of course.
@@miltonhayek2494 Interesting - I have a 911 too. And for the first time in my life I’m considering a Prius purchase,
Driving from Upland, CA to Long Beach, CA I averaged 69.8 mpg in my 2025 Camry.
😂😂 Yall need to stop. 69.8 in a camry sure. I consistently get 44.3 MPG and in my 25 Camry. Know when I just get gas it says some wonky high MPG but eventually after a few miles goes to 43-44
its doable even on older Prius Prime... just recently I traveled 2000 miles with 3 people in the car, air-conditioning on, doing around 70-75 miles per hour--- yet my average was 70 MPG.... if I would reduce the speed to 60 miles per hour I could get that realistically to 78 MPG
What's amazing is that the Prius did this in the left lane at 55 mph.
Excellent.
I owned a 2000 Honda insight which was the first hybrid production vehicle in the United States. People were getting over 100 mpg. I drove mine from Denver to Topeka with one tank of gas with two bars leftover. How you drive your car can effect your efficiency, a lot. I now own a Prius c which is great especially for uber.
Gen 1 insight, over inflate re92 165/65/14 tire to 52psi. Draft behind car transporters or chartered busses and I get 72mpg from TN to atl and back avg 74mph hwy - fun car to drive with 5MT but time is too valuable to putt around to save a few bucks, gas is $2.30 per gal at Costco right now. Why we obsess so much on mpg I will never understand mathematically
Toyota has improved its look.
I always liked the Prius. Not for it's looks until now. Well done Wayne! No one needs a 5,000 lbs EV with 500 hp, pretending to safe the planet! LOL. I am old school and I usually drive my cars with better mpg as rated. Sometimes I like to step on too. In the past I've been into racing. Mountain road racing in Italy or slalom. Many cars form the 80's are taking place in these races. Nothing beats weight with some hp!
I drive a 2019 Prius hybrid. In the summer I have had times when I could get 1200 to 1400 miles on a tanks of gas. Once I got 1700 miles. The trick is not driving 55-65 miles per hour on the interstate. Drive 50 miles per hour or lower, use gas mode to start and get to speed you want. Change to EV while driving. Let off on gas when you see a stop light and time it so you don't come to a complete stop. Always, always start off slowly. You have a dashboard monitor that tells you how your driving is doing. It's a bit of a game that rewards you with good mileage. Oh, in the winter the milage is less. Usually 800 or 900 miles to a tank of gas. Still, I think a Prius is the best car on the road!
Sounds like you’ve decoded the algorithm.
Damn, I thought there was some breakthrough on the hybrid tech. 118 is the mpg record for a driver on a late 80's Honda Crx which was just gas. Just saying, CRX is a boss mpg beast that can keep up with hybrids.
upvoted.
MPG is not a linear gauge for fuel efficiency.
Gains for 40 to 80 is half of gains from 20 to 40.
using 100km per litre is probably a better way to measure it. Which is still very good for a hybrid.
@@AW-gj4ji liter per 100km is the most popular and is linear
@@wchen315gallons per 100 miles🇺🇸🗽
FYI: 93 mpg = 2.53 l/100km
That doesnt seem that crazy tho, i can average 2-3L/100km in my dacia sandero if i drive 60km/h in 5th gear
@someoneyoudontknowtrades 60kmh?. In usa everyone drives around 120 kmh on highways. And 40 kmh in normal streets. Primus can do 2.5l/100km with speed 70 mph = 120kmh. I lived whole my life in Europe and recently moved to usa. Europe is small.
@abcfx7391 The longest road trip you can do in the US from one city to another is 5725 km and in the EU it's 5570 km. Checked on GMaps.
I should've NEVER sold my Prius...!
Mine had 150,000 + miles on it and Carvana at the time paid me $5,000 for it.
Huge mistake on my end!
Prius is the BEST car in the world bar none...!!
That's CRAZY.
Amazed but also not surprised that a prius did it, i had one and still miss it....i could easily get near 70mpg with it just driving a bit carefully
Not many cars will dramatically reward you for a bit of restraint when driving. But this one will.
@@KarlBrauerCars thats what i loved about it, you treat her well she treats you much better.
Best Mileage I got for my NA Miata was 28 MPG. It was amazing
Love the Miata.
That's amazing karl and congratulations on Guinness world record.
A Prius passed me on my motorcycle today at 90MPH. I was very surprised.
Bruh I'm disappointed it's not 105 or 102mpg come on this is the best we can do in 2024 like gas cars have around since 1890s that's a little over 200+ years like bruh and that's a hybrid to
Cars could do those number but there would be a lot of changes to the normal car design. Like the body panels would cover the back wheels and the end of the car would be elongated for aero efficiency.
At the end of the day, these are products and they have to exist within the market of appeal an be able to be produced on a mass scale
VW XL1 achieved 280 mpg already a decade ago.
that record is not approve by Guinness World Record per Wikipedia, they can't duplicate either so is a lie
I have the Prius SE trim and do 65 miles a day, speed is set at 62mph and my average mpg is 75, what a gas sipper, and that's not even trying to hipper mile it, just letting the car do all the work
Exactly why I sold my EV and bought a PHEV. All the great EV benefits without the compromises.
I have had the 2024 Prius prime XSE for about 6 months now. The car keeps getting better and better as I drive it. I get 45 to 50 miles all electric with the battery fully charged. MPG for the gas ranges from 40 (high altitude) to 60 (flat surface and going with the wind at ocean elevation). The only things I would change are I wish I had the 17 inch wheels for better MPG, and better sound insulation. The sound insulation is good but could be better, like Camry level. Overall, great car and I have already put 10,000 miles on it. With electric and gas combined, I get around 100 mpg with combined city driving and work driving. For this Guinness Book trip, I think he went super slow like 30 miles per hour, which is not practical for everyone else.
So I have a Lexus hybrid and in order to obtain great gas mileage, you need to drive super slow off the line and consistent while on the move, carefully making sure to not pass the power rev line. Of course, everyone behind you are super pissed off at you, and violently swerving around you. You will get the occasional middle finger or yelling, but mostly deadly stares.
Traveling west to east with a stiff tail wind helps a lot too.
NOW I have HEARD IT ALL and pigs can FLY
I have gotten 75mpg at 70 mph in my 2016 Honda civic 1.6 diesel over here in Ireland 🇮🇪
US mpg?
@@0bzen22 obviously not.
7:33 - LOOK HOW SLOW HE'S GOING 😂 IT'S ILLEGAL TO DRIVE THAT SLOW ON A 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT ROAD
That's funny. I really hope he didn't have to cheat that bad to get a mpg in the low 90's because it should be higher! Maybe it was just a photo drone shot cruise by
😂Me trying to drive a hybrid and get half of its actual mpg.
BYD has a PHEV that drives 12000km in 1 FULL gas tank + full charge of 10KHW battery.
Cool, but does BYD have over 50+ years of good reliability reputation like Toyota?
@@DioTheGreatOne that's less important these days, as electric vehicles last longer than gas powered engines. And cars in general just last longer. Most people don't keep their cars over 5 years. Just lease your vehicles and trade up to the latest model every to two to four years.
Just imagine your self driving behind that, late for work, your kid can’t stop crying, you driving your mother-in-law to the hospital 👏👏👏
Imagine if Toyota made a Diesel version of this new Prius. It would probably be the best daily driver on the market.
That would be awesome. I love the Volkswagen XL1.
All automotive manufacturers could have done nearly that well starting in the 1960s. Petroleum industry shut it down.
My next daily
Looks beautiful
Great choice.
Get a Tesla model Y instead. Get 140 miles per gallon equivalent every single day
@@danielvandermerwe7921ain't nobody getting that wack ass shit
That's crazy!
I'd like to see the route. You'd be a hazard on I-10 going across Texas at 40 mph.
Too bad Toyota couldn't have designed a wonderfully perfect Tacoma or Tundra as well, but at least they got the Prius right!
Next do a Tesla S with 100kw battery
Prius’ are absolutely great cars. It’s a pity we didn’t first transition to hybrids before jumping to evs.
I own this car. It's awesome. But I don't hypermile. I've gotten 90MPG around town.
The Prius does so many things well. And fuel efficiency potential is scary high.
I like it but the old prius was bigger on the inside. This prius should have been launched separately as the Prius Sport
Toyota thinking bring back Prius V / Alpha, cross our fingers
And sell the Corolla Touring Sport in the US as the new Prius.
Or they should just make a Wagon version of the new Prius.
I like hybrids but am waiting for a battery powered car with 400 mile range and quick charging
Awesome car, except exposure to catalytic converter theft.
Probably the most annoying aspect of car ownership these days, especially Prius ownership…
They suck for tall people.
they learned their lessons and 4th gen Prius tuck the cat really deep inside. These cats are immediately follow after the exhaust manifold each side. They are no longer exposed for a quick cut like 2nd and 3rd gen.
What’s amazing is people think driving with windows up and climate off is “extreme”. Oh how soft we have become.
Which Prius did he drive please? What year, make, model, and was it front wheel drive, or all wheel drive? TY
It was a 2023 base LE model. Front-wheel drive. NOT a Prime (i.e. not a plug-in hybrid model).
The video has a lady saying its a 2024. So, which is it?@KarlBrauerCars
@@Michaelthearcheangel After much research I’ve confirmed that…there’s no clear answer. It was either a 2023 or 2024 Prius…but the likely reason it isn’t specified is because it doesn’t matter. Both years are identical from a mechanical/technical basis. Either year would have delivered the same MPG under these circumstances.
Are there categories or criteria for this record attempt? Did he also recharge the hybrid battery? Does it have to be stock / unmodified?
He will break the record with the new Prius.
I wished the new prius had a less powerful engine, had they made a eco version where it has the same power as the last generation prius, it could have had an epa of 60mpg combined, instead of 57.
I am very impressed!
A rolling stop, try that in Massachusetts a nice ticket will be waiting for you.
it's a plugin hybrid ... how many times did he plug in to charge? I borrowed a friend's 2015 plugin Prius and averaged 98mpg for 670 miles according to the Trip A odometer with everyday driving.
It wasn’t a Prime version of the Prius. No plugging it in.
I got my 2021 (If I remember right on the year of the car) Prius C up to 81 on a 100 mile out and back course in Florida on the highway with the air on 🙂
Insight manual by Honda will over 100 mph
W a FoMoCo IMA pack and all the aero & other hyper-mods, etc: I bet a G1 MT Insight could smash this record
It'll be to show the actual 93.2mpg on the odometer cluster as he pulled in NY
Then this would only cost me $ 3.54 for 1 gallon to drive to and back from work . This would be great 👍 .
I once had an old car that, thanks to a tailwind and a steep downhill, achieved 93 miles *per hour!* 😆
I still have yet to see one of these on the road.
They’re all over Southern California.
2011 Skoda Fabia "GreenLine" station wagon makes 107 mpg.
He has amazing skills!
I wonder how much the gas mileage would improve on the highway with 1 inch lowering springs? I am really surprised it only has a drag coefficient of 0.27 , it looks like it would be more.
they should call it guinness book of european records as byd launched hybrid last year that gives you 125 miles/gallon or 1553 miles on single fill.
The secret technique is called, wait for it, cruise control…
More efficient than an EV
Volkswagen made a 200+ mpg car once
The XL1 - such a cool car.
It's a shame it was a ridiculously expensive car that could hardly be daily driven. It was great tho.
I bet he also folded in the passenger mirror since most states do not require it.
Another way to get higher MPG: Weight reduction: 1. Decrease the car body weight (Carbon fiber hood and body) ; 2, Decrease the person body weight (Carb free diet) or change of Ethnicity.
Need a test where they are actually using the climate controls, driving at or around speed limit and not having to overthink stop lights. Still impressive but yeah
Once you start timing stoplights you don't stop. No pun intended.
The Prius isn't a car, it's an alien space ship 👽🛸
Crikey id love to see what this guy can do with a Tesla model 3 with a rated 146 mpge.
My next car to commute to work😁
My Model Y would do better than 100 MPGe while driving 10% over the speed limit and AC running. Recharging takes less than my bathroom/coffee breaks while he is standing at a gas pump and adding oil
calm down ev guy, we like gas and hybrid engines. just like your wives work boyfriends new corvette eray
Wow 😮👏🏻👏🏻
Half of his driving was driving 22 mph on the far left lane on the tollway
Can you interview him? Can he give us some tips and advice so we can improve
they did a great job and didn't even use easy aero tricks like covers the rear wheels or using full hub covers
That's the point.
the le version does use mostly closed black wheel covers
Keep it in all electric mode only and charge it every 20-40 miles and you get nearly infinite mpg. Only gas used is lost to evaporation. 😂
lol I know my plug in rav4 averages 93.4 mpg but on a daily commute it’s saids 99.9 mpg when i don’t run out of battery ..
but you don’t see me getting no record’s
I’ve done 1k miles on one tank on my 2017 eco
This dude tailgates behind a big rig to reduce wind friction. There's the secret.
My right foot is too heavy for this...
Its like speedrunning.
Exactly, a new form of measuring cross-country success, and the polar opposite of the Cannonball Run.
I got 200mpg driving downhill in neutral and shutting car off
Depending on how long and sharp the hill is it might be more efficient to keep the cad on in the select gear and just not touching throttle
They need to make an EV range extender. BMW made one a decade ago.
I am sad they got rid of the trunk space :(
I wonder what the worst mpg a new Prius could get?
it must be very frustrating to drive behind him
These are not real numbers for most Prius owners in real world applications.
It must have been top speed from start to finish
Did he do one with the Chevy Volt ? Curious to see what he got in that one.
\[
1 \text{ mpg} = \frac{1.60934}{3.78541} \text{ kmpl} = 0.425144 \text{ kmpl}
\]
Now, to convert 93.1 mpg to kmpl:
\[
93.1 \times 0.425144 = 39.57 \text{ kmpl}
\]
So, 93.1 mpg is approximately **39.57 kmpl**.