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Here is some interesting (bad) news about the EPA Mileage Estimates and Hybrids in particular. Not that this isn't anything we don't already know. I'm perfectly happy with my 2003 model (currently averaging 43mpg over the last 17,000 miles. This was 46mpg just before our long Michigan winter), but we definitely aren't getting anywhere close to the estimates. New info seems to be suggesting that the EPA estimates are even more "optimistic" for Hybrids than for traditional vehicles.
In other news; I was listening to NPR the other day and the EPA is getting complaints about how inflated the mileage estimates are on nearly ALL current vehicles. They are thinking about changing the methods of testing. YEAH! I for one would like to be able to purchase a vehicle and know I could expect something at least close to what the sticker says.
Here are the links:
http://www.wired.com/news/autotech/0,25 ... _tophead_1
http://hybridbuzz.blogspot.com/
In other news; I was listening to NPR the other day and the EPA is getting complaints about how inflated the mileage estimates are on nearly ALL current vehicles. They are thinking about changing the methods of testing. YEAH! I for one would like to be able to purchase a vehicle and know I could expect something at least close to what the sticker says.
Here are the links:
http://www.wired.com/news/autotech/0,25 ... _tophead_1
http://hybridbuzz.blogspot.com/