If you only get 48 mpg from your Prius:
1. It's very cold out.
2. You are only driving very short distances (10 to 15 minutes).
3. You are doing something very wrong.
A typical Prius fill is slightly over 9 gallons.
2004 Prius MPG from the logbook. (Complete years only):
2003-2004 -- 50.8 mpg 17,628 miles
2005 -- 52.6 mpg 14,688 miles
2006 -- 56.3 mpg 16174 miles
2007 -- 57.3 mpg 18384 miles
2008 -- 59.9 mpg 21755 miles
2009 -- 61.4 mpg 16177 miles
2010 -- 65.2 mpg 12134 miles
Some recent entries from the logbook:
Date________ODO_____INC____MPG (l/100km)
-- 18 F here
01/10/10____105311____511____57.7 (4.1)
01/25/10____105787____476____65.2 (3.6)
02/16/10____106236____448____60.9 (4.6)
03/07/10____106783____546____62.1 (3.8)
03/26/10____107335____551____66.3 (3.5)
04/17/10____107931____595____68.4 (3.4)
05/13/10____108554____622____69.4 (3.4)
06/04/10____109194____639____69.8 (3.4)
-- High temperatures start here
06/28/10____109831____637____67.6 (3.5)
07/28/10____110452____620____67.9 (3.5)
08/10/10____111064____611____67.2 (3.5)
--- Trip to NE starts here
08/13/10____111690____625____59.8 (3.9)
08/14/10____112308____618____60.0 (3.9)
08/20/10____112972____663____64.2 (3.7)
08/22/10____113411____438____58.9 (4.0)
08/31/10____113922____510____61.8 (3.8)
--- Trip to NE ends here
-- High temperatures end here
09/24/10____114560____637____70.5 (3.3)
--- Nokian eNTYRE put on here
10/14/10____115205____644____69.0 (3.4)
11/03/10____115819____613____67.5 (3.5)
11/22/10____116381____561____64.9 (3.6)
12/11/10____116940____558____65.1 (3.6)
-- Cold weather starts here
01/04/11____117516____575____62.0 (3.8)
-- 23 F here
01/04/11____118047____530____62.3 (3.8)
-- 13 F here plus ice days and snow days
02/09/11____118508____461____55.6 (4.2)
-- 18 F here plus ice days and snow days
02/25/11____119029____520____64.8 (3.6)
03/15/11____119551____521____65.9 (3.6)
03/31/11____120138____587____68.1 (3.5)
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