The 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid gets up to 41 mpg–officially. But with a little effort, you can easily double that.
That’s what a team of Ford engineers, a hypermiling legend and NASCAR star Carl Edwards managed to pull off this week, registering an average of 81.5 mpg in a 1,445.7-mile journey designed to show off the eco prowess of the new hybrid sedan.
The crew left Mount Vernon, Va., on Saturday morning and finished on the George Washington Parkway in Washington, running out of gas just before dawn. They clicked off the 1,000-mile mark–the original goal– Monday morning, with Edwards at the wheel… Details
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