Out of Gas, half charge / No Mo Go left.
You know it Will Happen.
It won’t be an every day occurrence but it will happen.
Isn't that about a verbatim repetition of Murphy's Law?
My personal "blond moment" happened within weeks of buying my Prius in 2003. I bought it as my personal hi tech toy, to explore its capabilities and new technology, etc., NOT to save money on gas (gas was around $1.50 at the time.) I was commuting 70 miles round trip daily, unfortunately on a stretch of I5 with widely separated communities with gas stations, and a very heavy count of large trucks; two lanes in each direction.
I wanted to check the mileage possible on a tankful of gas. The Toyota brochure trumpeted 600 miles between full tanks, and I was determined to check reality and compare it to advertising BS.
I ran out of gas a mile and a half from the next gas station. I learned two very important lessons that day.
First, when totally out of gas, regardless of anything else, the speed drops from 60 or 70 to around 45 in a matter of seconds (exciting, when in the faster of the two lanes, and bumper to bumper truck traffic.) Second, the battery powered the car exactly one mile, before shutting down completely. That was a test of the robustness of the main batteries, and the sophistication of the computerized system control software.
A third lesson, learned over the next few months, is that the Prius has a fuel guage system more primitive and less useful than a Model T ford. The bladder system used in the gas tank allows it to read "full" and shutting off the gas pump between 80 and 90% af actual "full." I routinely forced an extra 1 to 2 gallons topping off without spilling. A strange design flaw on the part of Toyota. A Yaris, purchased in 2008, has the identical problem.
Just for information, the Prius regenerative system might work, but it never did for me, because it relies on jackrabbit starts and stops. Not my style. As a result, I NEVER got higher mileage in the city, as advertised. My commuting history settled on around 47 mpg.
As an unexpected bonus, if ODumbo is reelected and we are faced with rationing, I will laugh as I will be assigned more gasoline than I would ever need. All the abuse that I have received from the muscle car and pickup truck crowd will be the source of constant Schandenfreude.