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Plug in MPG?
I recently became the owner of my second plug in Prius. The first, a 2012 model was "t-boned" to death by a not so great driver. My new ride is a MY 2013 that will shortly have 40,000 miles. I had several "issues" with this car's poor, relative to my old car, fuel economy. I do believe I've remedied the problem(s). In looking through the fuel logs of similar cars I see a huge variation in what is reported as MPG. Most seem to completely ignore the electrical energy from being plugged in. Some include some of the data as notes. To me ignoring electrical input is outright dishonest. At least add the equivalent gasoline quantity ((Kilowatt hours/33.7KWhr/gal)*charging efficiency) to the gasoline added to the tank and report MPGE. If one does this and has 100% EV use and drives the EPA cycle they will get 105 MPGE. Similarly EPA "benchmark" performance with no plug in electricity is 50 MPG.
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jerryliebler 
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