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Toyota Prius: real-world fuel consumption

Fuel meter readings from 780 Toyota Prius cars reported in 2024, split by engine.

Official (WLTP)
Real world
+11%

Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 4.9 L/100 km on the road against 4.5 officially (11% above official).

Every engine: official vs real

EnginecarsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldGap
Hybrid · 72 kW (98 hp)1374.54.9+11%

Engines with fewer than 100 cars in the data are not shown. Hybrid includes mild hybrids (48 V) as registered by the manufacturer.

Plug-in hybrid

EnginecarsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldElectric shareGap
Plug-in hybrid · 111 kW (151 hp)4920.73.636%+435%
Plug-in hybrid · 72 kW (98 hp)1511.23.329%+165%

The official WLTP figure for plug-in hybrids assumes a share of electric driving based on range. When cars are charged less often than assumed, real consumption is far higher.

By reporting year

carsReal world
20222564.6
20235014.7
20241374.9

The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.

Models: Toyota

Source: European Environment Agency, real-world CO₂ emissions from cars, 2024 data (CC BY 4.0), based on on-board fuel consumption meters (Regulation (EU) 2019/631, Article 12). Grouping by model and engine, averages and percentiles by RealFuelConsumption. Not affiliated with the EEA or the manufacturer.