The Gasoline Blues

[Scott Dolan]

Oh wow, that’s awful! 

Even my 2007 Toyota Camry with a 268hp V6 got 28! I got it up as high as 34 on a trip to Cleveland. 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

My latest commuter car is a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. It's a plug-in hybrid. I've been averaging over 68 mpg with it.

[GregK]

I loved my Civic but it was a lease so I traded it in for a used Nissan Leaf, and I'm very pleased with it. Even though the Civic had great mileage (around 38-40 mpg), I was still having to fill it every 10 days, at around $18-19 each time. And, with yet another oil change coming up, I decided it was time to leave gas engines behind (mostly; wife's car is an old fashioned ICE) and go electric. I can easily make my round trip commute of 34 miles without charging, and when I have to, I have free charging at work! And I'm surprised at the acceleration! I actually don't hate driving anymore (for now, anyway)

[Scott Dolan]

Actually, some of the fastest cars in the world 0-60mph are electric.  

[danasgoodstuff]

19 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

Actually, some of the fastest cars in the world 0-60mph are electric.  

Max torque @ zero rpm!

[Scott Dolan]

Kind of weird to say, but that is exactly right.  

[Kevin Bresnahan]

10 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said:

Max torque @ zero rpm!

I was taking a friend for drive in my Toyota Prius Prime while in electric mode and I got to a busy intersection with a stop sign. I said, "Watch this", and gunned it. We flew through that intersection. It's very fast off the line.

[Scott Dolan]

The Prius has a hell of a lot more zip than one would expect. It doesn’t wow you all the way to 60mph, but in the 0-30 range it has some imoressive punch. 

[Dave Garrett]

Volkswagen's LD. R electric racer won the Pikes Peak hillclimb yesterday, not only breaking the record for electric cars but beating the overall record by 16 seconds:

Competition proven: Why Volkswagen’s record-shattering electric Pikes Peak run matters