The Toyota Prius Prime averaged 101.4 mpge

Prius Prime’s economy is best of any plug-in hybrid on the market in spring 2017. | Eric Schaal


Prime received an EPA rating of 133 MPGe in electric mode and 54 mpg during hybrid operation. Over our week-long travels that extended nearly 500 miles, we averaged 101.4 mpg. That amazing figure came with just one charging session outside the home. Using a base in Echo Park on L.A.’s east side, we traveled to Santa Barbara and back and made multiple excursions to Malibu yet hardly used half a tank of gas. Had we hung around L.A. proper and avoided extended highway driving, we probably would have averaged over 150 mpg.