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“Hybrid cars are hot, but not as hot as their owners, who complain that their gas mileage hasn’t come close to well-advertised estimates.”

So says this artice at Wired News.

The problem appears to be with the EPA mileage estimate tests. Hybrids usually get better gas mileage than conventional cars, but they often fall far short of their EPA gas mileage estimates.

Most cars don’t get their EPA estimated gas mileage, but it appears that hybrid cars often throw the test off and get wildly inflated numbers. Read the article for the full story.

Posted by Administrator on Thursday, February 2nd, 2006 at 12:45 am.