Prius PHV - 4.5 Years Later

With over 80,000 miles driven and having plugged in to recharge over 2,400 times, the real-world results speak for themselves. This particular drive was my morning commute, taking advantage of the suburb route to enjoy maximum EV distance. I did too. 13.9 miles of consecutive drive before the engine started. That overwhelmingly proves the claims of getting far less are nothing but rhetoric, especially now with the car 4.5 years old. The drive is the first with my new route. I moved 1.5 years ago, to a location 1 mile further from work. There are a lot more hills. The up & down is no big deal though; Prius PHV handles them just fine. Surprisingly, overall MPG didn't drop much. It's quite scenic and I still have the choice of several suburb & highway routes. The camera for the dashboard information is new. The image stabilization is much better. No more vibration. It's been eliminated entirely. There isn't any refresh flickering from the screen either. That's gone too. This setup works really well for capturing drives, even with difficult lighting from sun glare in the morning. 19.5 miles was the total distance. It consumed the entire EV capacity, resulting in an overall average of 283 MPG.