Tweaked Toyota Prius Gets 125 MPG

Very impressive! Could this really be executed?

That is absolutely awesome!!! Way to go Toyota (again)!!!

Impressive! But then again let's not forget the VW 1L, VW 3L and the Audi 2L.

Yeap, impressive mpg was already demonstrated by VW a while ago, with engines already on the streets.

SO we plug it in, the coal burning plants to generate the electricity pollute the environment and my electricity bill costs more than it requires me to refuel my car all the time.

What was the purpose of the prius again?

while the mileage is impressive, plug-in cars are not green.

in the US, the vast majority of electricity is generated by coal-fired plants. this car would work in places like france where the majority of electricity is nuclear generated.

Lexus, I'm sorry but please reread that article you posted (as well as everybody else that boosted your comment). Coal isn't the largest energy source consumed, petroleum is...but that includes powering cars, machinery, etc - not just for producing electricity. That fact's pretty obvious. However, coal is, by far, the largest energy source used to produce electricity (50% of all electricity is produced by coal according to that article). I'm not sure how many times I reread your comment to make sure I didn't misunderstand what you wrote. Now if you're talking Europe, the numbers are probably a lot different...much more nuclear. But you posted a US article.

I work for one of the largest engineering construction companies, and believe me, coal is booming right now. Virtually all of our power contracts are for coal-fired powerplants, and have been for the past 3 years. Natural gas is extremely expensive to burn and nobody wants nuclear in their backyard. I interned at a power production company a few years ago and we ran our gas plants only after our coal plants were running at full capacity.

Despite all of this, we have recently revived our nuclear power group. So do look for nuclear power to be a major player in the near future. Hopefully we can start educating people that nuclear is much safer than before (really it's always been pretty safe) and there have been many advances in nuclear plant technology.

Power from the grid is much cleaner than power from ICEs. First, most charging would be done at night, non-peak times. Second, many plants use clean(er) fuel sources, esp in areas where hybrids sell well, like CA.

A typical factory Toyota Prius has the potential of getting 125 mpg.

This is essentially an electric vehicle (95%?). They just put the little bit of gas in there to get a really high MPG figure. Now, someone else should do the same thing but make it 99% electric/1% gas to get a 500mpg figure.

Silly, right? They should just call it what it is, an electric vehicle (you have to plug it in). Like you can't say something is "organic" unless it is 70% or more organic, you shouldn't call it a hybrid when it's almost completely electric. Sounds like marketing (hybrid sounds better than electric).

no, its not electric...even with this better battery, the electric motor is only capable of moving the car up to about 25mph....after that its all ICE...see my comments below.

thats crazy!!!

actually - no matter what kind of battery you stick in the Prius - if you drive 55mph, you will NOT get 125mpg...it will be running on the ICE only...so what good is spending $10K+ on a better battery? it can only power the car up to about 25mph, after that all the power is provided by the ICE...sure it will assist in acceleration, but it cannot run on the electric motor alone. Personally I sold my Prius and bought an Insight. I drive approx 27 miles to work at 65-70mph and get 71mpg (902 miles on my last tank of gas), the same run in the Prius would net about 47mpg.

I don't care if its bigger or smaller.....just looking for the best possible MPG for my daily commute (IS350 is my weekend fun car BTW).

A typical Prius can get 125 mpg considering you have a clue about how a Toyota Prius works.

Some facts. Firstly, Prius CANNOT run on ICE only, even if battery is depleted.

Speaking about prius economy, you should learn to use generator power, not battery power.

Ignorance was always substantial on prius case.

wtf are you talking about? do you own one? at cruising speed ONLY THE ICE is running - not in conjunction with the electric motor.

go to Priuschat and see who gets 125mpg. My best ever was 62mpg on a 25 mile run where speeds never went over about 50mph.

Why are they trying to con people into thinking you'll get an instant 125mpg??? oh yeah...to make money...dumb question I guess.

Oh yeah? Have you ever heard of warp stealth mode?

no Capt Kirk I haven't and that's not capable on a
T Y P I C A L Prius that someone hasn't farted with and voided the warranty.

"at cruising speed ONLY THE ICE is running - not in conjunction with the electric motor."

Are you nuts? if electric motor would be "off" at speeds over 68 km/h then you could not move at all!

Yes you could -because the petrol motor would be moving the car...

It s obvious that you don' t know how a Toyota Prius works. The equivalent in a manual gearbox car would have been, ignorance about gearbox role! Which means that you ruin mpg, performance, everything... Prius ICE engine is too weak to be able to move Prius on its own(speeds over 68 upto 180 km/h... no way). Furthermore, if you see how it works, you ll realise that Toyota Prius is the closest to electric car, because electric motor is vital across all speed range.
Warp stealth mode is a Prius function (G spot) that if you learn you can run over 68 km/h without fuel (given the fact that 60 hp enough for coasting).

sorry dude....pulse-n-glide is the way to go....but I prefer to drive normal.