Hybrid cars don't achieve EPA MPG estimates

One of the naysayer's favorite criticisms of hybrid cars is, they don't achieve EPA miles per gallon estimates. Well, very few vehicles achieve EPA estimates. According to experts EPA estimates are off between 15 - 30 percent on ALL vehicles.

More important, if a big gas-guzzling SUV rates 14 city, 18 highway on its EPA sticker, it might actually mean 10 mpg city, and 13 mpg highway - and significantly more pollution.

On Monday Sen. Maria Cantwell "will introduce legislation to force the EPA to update the 30-year-old formula for predicting how many miles a car can travel on a gallon of gas," according to MotorTrend. Cantwell states that because of this inaccuracy on all vehicles, "American motorists spent $20 billion more on gas last year than they thought they would."

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