2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid - 88 MPG? Seriously? 

Now I understand why Prius drivers drive the way they do.

This is awesome, the Prius 2016 is a gas sipper! I drive 11 miles to work one way on Eco mode (Prius two) with 8 of those miles on the highway btw 55-65 mph in CA and Using these methods I can average 75-90 mpg per trip without thinking too much! It really becomes second nature after a month or two of practice. Thank you!

I have found the perfect car in the new Prius. I am willing to drive like a 90 year old man to get an extra few mpg out it too. :)

I'm a pretty hardcore car enthusiast, but I would consider buying one of these for commuting.

He's a typical Prius driver but tbh I want a Prius bc of fabulous gas mileage

Being honest, hypermiling excites me to no end. I see money in the bank. Really scared I might get shot for it one day, but I like to live on the edge.

Cool. I enjoyed the orginal one in the Prius C and I was interested to see this one in the new Prius. It would be interesting to see the exact same route done in that same 2016 Prius, but with some variants. Eg: Do it one time - sticking to the speed limits - but trying to drive as inefficiently as possible, to see how the Prius is under those circumstances. And a halo run at night when there is no other traffic on the roads, tyres overinflated, no aircon or heater on, nearly empty fuel tank, all excess fuel removed, moderately cool temperature outside, etc... Everything being done to get the "ideal" economy run. So opposite extremes, but in the same car on the same route to see absolute best vs worst case scenarios with everything else being equal.

I’ve always enjoyed this video and rewatch it periodically. It got me to upgrade some a 2014 Prius 2 to a 2017 Prius 4. Still getting 58-70 MPG.

I was just thinking that I hadn't seen you in an "MPGOmatic" video in a while. Glad to see your still doing them. I've watched the "Prius C" video you referred to at least four times. Great to see the new car beat that score. Keep it up Dan.

I appreciate the video MPGOmatic! Been following your videos and the car and glad you did one on this generation prius.

i like that it looks like they made the trigger between battery to gas more lenient than the 2015 an previous where once you crest that mid-line it kicks in but its still super fun. only thing i wish is i had more hills, its mostly flat land in FL so my only regen spots are braking or flat coasting, but sitting in traffic or anything else is where it really shines cause you're not wasting gas.

Dan, if I drove like that in So Fl. I'd get rear-ended or shot, not in that order.

Nice drive and it looks like it's in the cold as well! Great MPG

My 07 Prius is getting 47mpg @ 200k miles, I think a 2016 will be my next vehicle. That is if my 07 ever kills over, which I don't forsee happening. Those Japanese know how to build a car.

Love your videos with the Prius C and this Prius Dan !! Very well done !! I will definitely will be considering buying an Hybrid car next time... I was just wondering if you are thinking about doing the same route with the New 2017 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid soon ?

I dig your comment about the garage facing the street. I hadn't considered that

This is so powerful. Thanks for sharing this video. Through watching your video, I finally understand how the Prius achieves such great gas mileage. Thanks again for sharing.

Your videos are very through. Thanks! I enjoyed it greatly

Grea video man. Could you upload a video on gen 3 Prius please?

I have a Prius on order 2016 3 Touring,hope i get very good mileage on it! Thanks for the film !

Hello dan can you please do this test again as when you started you had 5 bars on the battery but when you finish you only have 2 bars I would like to know the true mpg so can you please start and finish with the same battery level. .... plus I guess you would have to start and finish at the same altitude that might be harder to do. ... I like you are doing the test on normal roads. ...... have you done any tests on the high speed roads 70 mph..... cheers dan

Great video thanks for the upload and information. I'm thinking about Kia niro, Toyota chr. Or Prius. What's the car like on the freeway? Do you get a lot of noise coming thru to the cabin?

All these years later, this video is still ASMR-like to me.

Nice result. Could you confirm the AMSL at the start point and the end of the test?

Glad I found your Video helps on driving your Prius. I have a 2016 "C". I have been trying technics to help Improve my mileage. I live in an area that is mixed hills, mountains and flat areas. Summer gas averages 58 to 61 mpg at fill up. My best fill up was 66.6 mpg! Longest distance traveled was 510 miles on 8.5 gallons of gas! I hope with your suggestions that I will improve on my mileage! Thanks!

Hottest year on record . Keep up the good work please !!!!

Always great to watch! Quality of interior etc ? Compare to 2016 volt?I heard the ride quality is light years ahead....keep em coming btw the camera's where fine!

I bought this 2016 prius just to uber it. Full tank of gas is usually between $30-40 and it lasts me a week to 9 days with driving all day everyday

Great video is there a similar video for 2015 Prius?

NICE DRIVE

I've always enjoyed fast cars but finding an open, winding road without traffic to enjoy the speed and handling is always a challenge (and not the fun kind). Hypermiling a Prius gives me the chance to enjoy the challenge of achieving best fuel economy on any road in any condition.

I have my 2016 4 touring for only 3 days. I can't find the trip or display buttons that will give me that same screen. Can anyone prompt me? The trip button?

I know this vid is from 2016, however after a LOOOOOOOOOOT of research over the years, we finally decided on a Prius. Low & behold we got of all things a 2016 Prius Four model with just 17,5XX miles on it. qualified as a Toyota Certified Pre-Owned so comes with the 100,000 mile battery & powertrain warranty. ;-) Anywhooooo, it was hard for me to believe all the hype about high fuel mileage numbers. But, WOW, they are TRUE. IN TOWN it is quite easy to break the 70 MPG mark CONSISTANTLY. Now, get it out on the Interstate...………..then it bombs. A "sucky" 43 MPG @ 78 MPH. HA! The last 45 miles of normal daily routine running errands and what not it is kinda stuck in the 58 to 63 MPG range. I will take that! Years of watching your shows has helped me not only be a more miserly driver, you have quite literally saved me money in the end! I want to give you my greatest THANKS for all you have done for folks like us and the You Tube community. One question because I have forgotten, is it better to use standard cheap gas, or go for the top level premium fuel? Thanks again Dan!

I've been happy with my 44 MPG stomping on my 2019 AWD Prius haha. Maybe one fill up I'll try to hypermile. Great video though!

my best so far is 101 mpg on an 6.8 mile trip in traffic. i think the next closes run was 84 mpg on a 16 mile run. extremely happy with how well this vehicle can save.

MPG depends on route and how you drive it. my 2013 sometimes makes above 70 depending on route, but overall, the average MPG per tank is 54-55 and in cold cold winter it is 48-50.

I love your orca moon seats!!!

Cool video, well done! I like to drive efficiently as well. But I have gone back to normal driving by focusing on safety instead of MPG. There were a few reasons I stopped doing the hyper milling (for fun): 1) I like to see the actual numbers to get the sense of instant satisfaction. However, with a long term calculation of MPG, I found most car's display of MPG numbers are inaccurate (inflated). So at least I know that these numbers are not that meaningful. 2) I have driven Prius and watched its MPG all the time. However, here is the biggest fallacy that most drivers overlooked. On a hybrid car, it uses both gasoline and battery power. So when you do an MPG test on a short run, you need to take in the consideration the amount of gas and battery power to begin with. The car in this video started with more battery juice than at the end. This means that some previously stored energy was not taken into account when calculating the MPG number. Again, it is not that meaningful. 3) Where you reset the MPG counter is also important. To get a real consumption, it should be reset at the same point where the car returns, at the same speed. I can reset the counter on my V8 car at a cruising speed and get over 50+ MPG. These said, to get a valid fuel consumption, we need to understand all the parameters and taken all of them into account. I can do it. But I grew tired of it after I found that my annual fuel cost (10k miles) is only gonna be 1/3 of the cost of registration and insurance. Why bother trying to beat the EPA numbers? Sadly, we are not gaining much here.

What is the average mpg of 4th gen Prius doing constant 75mph on highways in warm ideal weather such as South Cali? I'm looking at the Prius 4 with the 15" wheels.

Driving a Prius shows you how much engine use is wasted in a normal car, particularly at low speeds. It's all about minimizing how much time the engine is on.

I love trying to hypermile. I think it's fun.

Great job. I'm waiting to hear from vw and what they're going to do about my diesel before I go out and purchase my Prius. Would you recommend the 2 Eco or is that overkill?

Hello how are you? Is that a Prime plug in or a regular one? Becayse those numbers are crazy. Thank you

I have the exact same model, I'm the 1st owner, the car now has over 141k kms, I just noticed today the mpg doesn't go down less than 58 anymore. It just stays there. Does anyone know why? I used to be able to do 1.9L/100km

So the Prius 2/eco actually gets better mpg than this one? Also what is "score" on the 2nd gauge?

Man you are totally geeked out on your Pirus but I'm ok with that :)

Not sure if it was mentioned, but what is the change in elevation between starting point and end point?

Is the test route a loop? If not, what’s the elevation change?

keep looking out for somebody behind me but will never have to worry about the "POPO" in front for speed trap lol

I get my yards hybrid soon hope for same results I'm never in a hurry but disabled so need economy to save ythe penny's? great video :-)

I have a 2008 with 310,000 miles on it. West Texas.. all the roads are 45mph.. except downtown. Highways are 60 in the city and 80+ between cities . I tent to surge and coast mostly.. and I tend to max the Regen coming up to lights... But not enough to inconvenience other drivers. I almost always out accelerate other cars at lights.. surge to the speed limit. And coast. I tend to average 45-50mpg. Open highway at 85mph I get 38-40. 75mph I get 42mpg. 55mph I get 55-60mpg. Great cars.. Also keep in mind the engine can run for a variety of reasons. To keep coolant or catalytic converter temp at a set point. Cabin heat if turned on.. sometimes.. can run if you did a lot of Regen down a big hill, to burn of extra power it has no place to put ..

Man. I want to see what you can do with my 2018 Honda Accord hybrid. Supposed to get 47/47

I got the brand new Toyota C-HR Hybrid (same hybrid system and platform as in the new Prius) and i can easly drive it up to 75-80 mpg in cold weater (like 14 ˚F) on studded winter tyres 225-60-18 (live in Iceland). The C-HR is awesome like the new Prius, but i got the C-HR because it got more groundclear (9 inces) and exellent in snow. Great job Toyota.

Cold windshields never like the suction cup mounts :( try heating up the suction cup before mounting

how do i get that tiny acceleration meter next to the speed indicator? i only get the curved acceleration meter.

How does "B Mode" effect regen? Does it mean max Regen?

My wife says you're driving her crazy with the hyper-miling. I think it's great. Maybe I'm a little ocd about high mpg. 😁

Great video - but a bit unsure why you gun it into the power band when using the engine. In my Yaris (same drivetrain as the Prius C I think), the power band uses both engine and battery so the charge goes down.

I have the Prius Two Eco. It is an amazingly fuel efficient car. I "could" get in the 80's if there were no traffic and I could just take my time. I normally get in the low 60's for a normal week. If you drive a ton on the interstate, it will be pulled down into the mid 50's.

the manual says that you should slowly release the acceleration pedal to recharge the battery

I find it so funny at 11.11 when you came to a stop and met those guys!! hahahaha!!

Which rims are on this one

Hello dear I’m from Cambodia 🇰🇭 Can you help me ? How I can change MPH to Kg ?

Nice drive and mpg. Also, I had problems sleeping till I saw your video. Thanks!

What are you pumping or Pressing on the dash?

Did you test Honda hybrid accord 2014 or 2015 I was able to get 74 mpg after a 24 miles trip using back roads, and not hypermiling.

I lease the 2015 Prius and in the summertime at least 55 miles that's Highway and City. When I drive to my neighborhood I'm always on EV mode. Thanks for the video it helps out. But I'm going to buy the 2017 Prius Prime which you can do up to 28 miles on EV mode before the engine cuts in. It gets it 685 total range so basically I can drive from Syracuse New York to New York City and back and still have gas left over. We Prius drivers don't drive slow we drive conservatively.

Thank you for showing what's possible when you try and stay in EV rather than pulsing and gliding on gas and zero power. Those people piss me off when they say 65mpg with pulse and glide driving it like a gas only car. Thanks

I only get 40 mpg consistantly with my 2016 Prius I just baught. How much do the tires and wheels affect the mpg? Anyone have data? I have factory 17 inch wheels and off brand tires. Wish I could get 80!

So....the dash read outs in my Volt and 2016 Civic Hybrid is one thing. I tend to do the tried and true whole tank fill up gallons used by miles driven to get the real mileage. Have you done that?

Best I ever did on a "50 miles out, 50 miles back" loop on the interstate (at 64mph) was 81mpg

If I saw 30 mpg on my Nav I would be happy as hell. Here he is getting 80 something average.

Good job :)

This always happens when you reset your tripometer. Especially after filling the tank. I gas up at our local Sam's Club gas station, which is 12.7 miles away. I then take local streets and lone highways home instead of the Interstate, trying to avoid traffic so I can avg 40 MPH. Here's the key: USE CRUISE CONTROL WHENEVER POSSIBLE, all the time if you can. By doing this, you're letting the hybrid system DO ITS BEST. I average anywhere between 70-90 MPG in the 12.7 mile journey home!

Hi, which hybrid do you recommend that has good mpg as well as a smooth ride over bumps and potholes?

This is a really nice city I wonder where this is!

Most of your fuel savings is from the way you drive. Too many people don't realise how much fuel they could save by coasting more into corners and stops......every time you use the brake, it's wasted fuel.

I wanna see what the eco can do!

I wish this had the Leaf's e petal or whatever it is where it turns a heavy regen on when you just let off the gas. I have a feeling when you are dragging on the regen brakes its flashing the brake lights on and that is obnoxious to people behind you

Hi! my experience is how to get excellent mpg results from my prius plus is don`t need to be very gentle and crawling on acceleration like a turtle. For the first few metres be gentle with the accelerator use the battery to get the car moving and then use the petrol engine to get to speed while the motor charge the battery then on the speed limit release the accelerator completely so the engine could switch off and then keep your speed only using the battery with gentle acceleration but the next point is important before you need to stop anywhere like plan forward 200 metres and then need to stop example just get off the accelerator an let the car slow then itself because this will charge back your battery quickly and of course if you need to completely stop use your brakes. My Prius plus gets 55mpg on the long term because of motorway miles but in the city computer shows around 60-70 mpg.

Would love you to do a run in the Lexus 200h. I just got a 2013 model and it seems difficult to get it over the high 40s. Could be location though as I have a lot of hills. It's funny, I complain about my hills zapping my performance and people in FL complain about their flat runs. There must be an ideal location and you seem to have it!

Thank you for helping me drive better in my 2015 Prius. Also reminds me of home back east, in fact it is New Jersey, just recognized a few streets! Update, I'm from Princeton, lol how funny is that not changed too much. However I'm not a fan of the 2016 for a few reasons: 1)Less cup holders, 2015 you can fit 8, 2016 only 6 (nitpicking here though) 2)No split glove compartment, loved the top for glasses, sunscreen lotion, etc 3)Toyota no longer offering Solar Panel based cooling with the Sun Roof option 4)Rear looks a bit like a Ford and not in a good way 5)Miss the Star Trek console, shift is now a bit awkward 6)Odd mid console flip, seems like you get less storage space in there. I think I'll keep my 2015 for a while. Though I will say the 2016 it's got a better quality interior and I'm told the new Prius rattles less.

So how much cost in gas was that 10 miles??

I think it's worth using 'B' mode of the transmission if you wanna work it in while downhill.

How is this possible? Best best mpg I’ve gotten is like 46 or 48. I don’t get it. I have a 2014.

Display on my 2011 says 39.2 MPG I am doing something wrong....

Hi, any plans of testing the RAV4 Hybrid? I don't know if you have it in the States, but here in Europe it produces 197 hp in total. Same hybrid line like in the Lexus NX 300h. I've read some European reviews and they are all complaining about the high consumption, but their way of driving could of course be the reason.

Imagine if the government starts taxing how much miles we drive

What I don't understand is why they aren't ALL plug-in hybrids? Is the charger and slightly larger pack the only difference, and if so, are they really so much more expensive? To me it seems that an un-plug-in hybrid is really only something that manages to get a little more efficiency from gasoline, while a plug-in could potentially destroy your fuel bill entirely - but allow you to travel further if you need to.

Did you use a dashboard cam or something else like a go pro?

Impressive

this guy seems like the cool uncle

And that's in the winter too with snow all around

Very nice

Its possible to get 1300 miles on this car on a full tank. Damn!

Great job, but still looks to me like you could improve a lot. Note that I have not driven a hybrid (so I guess I easily would drain the battery on the Prius) but I'll share my suggestions. Though, I have driven a Leaf for about 2 years, and regularly hypermile in fossil cars. Have done a number of tests with the Leaf regarding "fuel"consumption. Steady speed used about 30% less "fuel" than changing the speed according to the topografi (slower up, faster down) on my testrun. So, the most efficient with electric cars is steady speed! If that means regen, good, still more efficient, AND you get "fuel" back for later. With ICE, I suppose pulse and glide. So I guess with the hybrid you have to combine those as what engine the car chooses.. So, to the business: *Over the bumpy stuff, keep steady speed with EV. If 15-17 mph over the bump is ok, then keep it at that between the bumps. *Your on the gas, with ICE burning, and then shortly after on the brake. This happens at a few times around crests and crossings/stop-signs. Ease of earlier, shut the ICE of before the crest and glide earlier. I do understand that you have to stop at the stop-sign, and that you will piss people of gliding at 10mph to it, but, there is room for improvement.. *This I'm not sure, but use the B-mode? You say you drag the brakes many times. Maby not a big one, but still, friction at brakes looses energy.. I'm pretty sure your run could be improved with 10%, 100mpg on that run should be possible by the looks of it.

Road trip! Would love to see a ride on the 571 locals route to Seaside Heights, head on Washington road to Princeton Jct, follow Princeton Hightstown Road to Hightstown follow the signs to 571, there's an abrupt right turn a lot of people miss, but loved driving it, better than Rte 9, takes you to main road going through bridge on Seaside heights. Get your average, and a day at the beach, it's a win/win!

Seems to me you were hypermiling, wonder how much mileage you can get in real world driving.

The speed is a great factor. What about going 80 mph on the interstate?

Hi Dan, what were you pumping near the windscreen every so often?