GeWilli
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">ROTFLMAO AHAHAHAHAHAh"Winter" means different things for different people. So bare that in mind.
I live in Minnesota. 32 F degrees is warm as far as I'm concerned. My Prius kind of agrees with me. Big MPG drop off doesn't occur until temperatures lower than that.
I driven 44,250 miles already. That included 2 winters. The battery-pack responded wonderfully even when it was only -13 F degrees out. Startup is actually boring. No struggle at all in the extreme cold. The 274-volt battery-pack and 33kw motor put a traditional 12-volt battery and tiny starter-motor to shame. (Prius, gotta love it.)
Some may find it surprising that short segments of extremely high MPG are possible even in the winter. Heavy traffic congestion caused by snow delays provides Prius with the opportunity to drive through those stop & slow conditions using nothing but electricity. Yes, eventually the engine will come back on to provide heat, but it shuts back off fairly quick.
My real-world performance is low 40's MPG in the winter. In the summer, I get close to 50 MPG. Lots of details (spreadsheets & graphs) are available on my website.
my mileage is better than that! Mid 40s right now and I'm makin some SICK power! (Upsolute 205s Dawesdevice) OOOOOH and that economy doesn't seem to change if it is just me in the car or with an additional 1000 pounds of stuff!
wanna bust a gut laughing? read this forum:
http://www.nesea.org/greencarclub/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=dc5f6f5009f51ccb2797aa1eb4389abd&forumid=12
toooo freakin funny