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The last time I had to commute to downtown Los Angeles (about a 50-mile drive), my Prius got 72 MPG.

My car is nearly 10 years old, so either I somehow managed to obtain the world's best Prius (with no loss of hybrid battery capacity over time), or you're underestimating the capabilities of today's hybrid gas-electric vehicles.

Well, my TDI got 60 mpg+ on the highway, which was better than the EPA estimate, but then everybody got mad at VW.

Because they were utter charlatans, and for such egregious behavior, an example must be set. And now they have to go all-electric, so everybody wins - including them.

Suspiciously impressive, you could say.