With a Prius type hybrid its all how light you can accelerate using the least amount of energy to do so. That and since air resistance is log log to speed you have to drive slow. Prius crush slow city driving at steady speeds. You will see 100+ mpg at ,35 mph and steady speeds. It’s the start stop start that eats up fuel.this is where regen braking system shines it takes about 600 watt hours to bring a full sized sedan up to 60 mph same amount to bring it to a halt that in a normal car is pure heat in the brake pads. Hybrids capture up to 80% of that so do EVs that’s how they double city miles that and being able to run the ICE at its higher eff points more of the time. My Telsa uses 150 ish wh/mi in the city so just the braking energy from 60 to zero is four miles worth of steady cruising in a EV. This is also why EV absolutely crush city driving I use one tenth the cost and energy in my Tesla vs the S60 of identical size. Plus the Telsa is less per month than the S60 so its capital expense is half what I already paid for the S60 and the only reason I still own the Volvo sunk cost
Sunk cost drives all my decisions - LOL
I’m 72 and drive a well-maintained 2006 Honda Civic and a well-maintained (considering) 1965 MG Midget.. I’ll probably drive them until they die or I die whichever comes first. I’m not defending the practice - it’s just the way I’m wired I guess.
That being said, I’d buy a Tesla if I was in the market for a new car and if they were a little less expensive.
I’m not stuck on ICE like some people. Whatever technology wins out is ok with me - I just don’t like being forced.
Ten years ago I was pissed off that they were trying to regulate incandescent bulbs out of existence - now I’ve pretty much switched over to LED voluntarily.