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Hybrid Car Hackers Get 230 mpg
21 October 2005

Two Toyota Prius automobiles, modified in Monrovia, California, are now on the road and getting as many as 230 miles per gallon. By adding lithium ion batteries to the off-the-lot Priuses, the vehicles showed and increased efficiency of more than 500%.

The AP reports that Toyota initially discouraged Prius owners from hacking more mileage out of their cars, but more recently, the automaker has been using the results as inspiration.

Another California Prius hacker, electrical engineer, Ron Gremban adapted his own car by installing a rack of 18 electric bicycle batteries into its trunk. His $3000 modification beefed his gas mileage up to as much as 80 mpg from the standard 61 highway/51 city mpg.