my car gets 150mpg coasting at 35mph

i coast a lot

Also: somebody cited the cost of operation being lower for electric cars (about half of ICE cars). I think the problem there is that the cost of operation for a hybrid car is nearly as good, but with a much lower initial investment.

re: electric cars - you gotta change the battery every 5-7 years or so, which is a major expense(depending on the capacity and source)

I want to see the stats on that. I usually see batteries under warranty for 8 to 10 years

that just so happens to be the car finance term/warranty term of most cars

some hybrids can get twice the mpg of some ICE cars

so some cost half as much

yea

to run

prius is about 5-7 years, that much I know(not that I can provide citations)

Toyota warranties their hybrid batteries for 8 years or 100,000 miles. 10 years 150,000 miles under California emission laws

Same with Tesla

could be cycle depth that's impacting the life there

and just cuz it's warrantied, doen't mean that portions of the banks aren't get changed in that time, @C1PHER

Hybrid batteries tend to be Ni-MH batteries instead of lithium, I think. The software also tends to keep the charge levels from getting too high or low to help extend life

I was under the impression that they're lithium nowadays

That may have changed at some point

they are and I think they always were, at least for the modern iterations of hybrids, like when the Prius first came out

in reality though https://i.imgur.com/FdkRMpM.png
https://i.imgur.com/SsJs0EW.png

Hybrids don't get what their advertised mpg is

My Prius actually gets higher than the advertised mpg

probably because you care

Maybe mine is just some sort of magic fluke

and it matters how you drive it

my Fit is supposed to get 27 city and 33 highway, i get 35 city and 42hwy if i try a little

I also drive <8000 miles a year

drive it like a grandma and up goes the efficiency

I may also drive like grandma

But not my time efficiency

time doesn't change unless you're driving across the state

realistically

take a stopwatch and find out

Tell that to McDonald's

See what they say

or, try to beat google's estimated time of arrival

SEE IF THEY HAND YOU HASHBROWNS

Oh I always beat Google.

and try to arrive late from google's estimated time of arrival

yeah - a 2 minute time saving on your daily commute can cost significantly more

are you beating google on highway trips?