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HYBRID BUZZ - cut!
Michael considered fate at 13:33   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment
I found an interesting blog (via Slashdot) about one man's journey into Honda Hybrid ownership. Quite surprising is the horrible gas mileage he has been experiencing (32mpg versus 48mpg advertised), which is only given more creedance by a few recent articles discussing the issue.

This despite the fact that pages upon pages of pro-hybrid news articles can be found searching Google News for "hybrid car mileage" and nary a negative word in sight.

One source of the problem, it would seem, is the inaccurate EPA testing which dealers are only happy enough to embrace (since the lab-only testing reports much higher mileage than real-world testing, it would seem). I gotta ask, at what point is Honda, Toyota, et al responsible for their advertising claims?

See Honda's official website page on the Civic Hybrid here.


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