2010 Prius: Hybrid Driving Tips

Car Diva, Teresa Bravo, gets hybrid driving tips from Toyota's Dick Kelley.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 2010
• Prius
• driving
• tips
• hypermile
• mileage
• gas
• electric
• engine

[jfv65]

@whole27 sometimes you need powermode: 4 passengers going up a mountain pass

[wtfgta4]

@whole27. I have driven about 12kyou miles. Now that it has cooled off I am regularly getting 55mpg. Taxi drivers who drive as you ASSume, do not last. I have been driving for 13the years. Also I use eco mode most the time now. Driving a Prius very fun, but it takes practice to be an efficient hypermiler. Accel, glide, & slide.

[whole27]

@wtfgta4 i don't like the different modes..they need to just make the optimum MPG mode..that is why we buy a prius, not to use power mode! Why are you only getting40-50mpg? You must be driving like a typical taxi driver...lol...but then i guess u can't drive slowly when people want to get there fast

[Rezxer]

@Frogh4 He can't afford the $60,000 Tesla Model S.

And if he can't afford a Tesla Model S, then he sure as hell wouldn't be able to afford a HEV/PHEV car like the Prius when it has a battery inside of it that is more powerful than what's inside the $40,000 Nissan Leaf.

[Frogh4]

@sirhope911 Why don't you buy a Tesla Model S

[wtfgta4]

I just bought a 2011 Prius. It now will go 25mph on electric mode. after 1,000 miles I have found i get better full economy not using ECO Mode. I drive it as a taxi so the top light reduces aerodynamics and I get easily 45-50 mpg in normal mode and I get 40-45 mpg in ECO mode. I love the car. spent $10 on fuel today verses $30 in a big Caprice, you CAN KEEP IT "mr92buickroadmaster"

[cumminsclatter]

Seriously, the ignorance of some of you people astounds me. I don't even own a Prius or a Toyota, but i can appreciate the technology that goes into these vehicles. You're just pissed because the union-run Detroit dinosaurs keep getting beaten to the punch. And "mr92buickroadmaster"? Seriously? Yeah, that's just what the world needs–60's technology and 15 mpg. You probably ride a Harley, too. Learn to spell, jackass.

[sirhope911]

this car is a joke lmao.....try to impress me when u can run on full battary at 80 miles an hour for 250 miles and ill buy one....

[weebl15]

You want real engagement with your vehicle, get a stick shift. Better gas mileage too.

[calijerk310]

@xXGOPOGOXx but making it produces more lmao