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Hybrid Driving Championship: Shooting for 100 MPG
Hybrid drivers will see if they can eclipse the current record of more than 95 miles per gallon during the fifth Hybrid Driving Championship at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 22 at Honda Motorwerks, downtown La Crosse. All current and potential hybrid drivers are invited to attend and compete.
“We’re hoping that someone will take a vehicle over 100 miles per gallon,” said Hybrid Guru and Championship organizer Chris Schneider. “We give people a lot of tips, so we think it’s possible.”
Drivers of Honda Insights, Honda Civics, Honda Accords, Toyota Priuses and other hybrid vehicles will measure their vehicles and driving skills against others over a 7.2 mile city and highway course. The number of participants has grown with drivers from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa taking part.
The Championship was inspired by Consumer Reports´ David Champion, the director of the auto testing division for the magazine. In 2005, Champion published reports that some hybrids weren´t getting as good of mileage as the EPA published. Champion has been invited La Crosse in the past to see if he could drive hybrids poorly enough to get the mileage he reported. Champion has yet to attend. All hybrid drivers in the first four championships have eclipsed EPA estimates.
Honda Motorwerks has sold more pre-owned hybrids than any other dealership in the country.
This Championship will take place instead of the free weekly Environmentology 101 seminar, where Schneider helps attendees to learn more about alternative fuel technologies. He will be sharing tips with consumers on how to get better mileage from their vehicles.
Participants in the Championship can drive their own vehicles. If they don’t currently own a hybrid, Motorwerks will provide a vehicle to be driven.
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