Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, was caught doing 104 mph on Interstate 5 earlier this year in his Prius. Yes, your read that right, his Prius. Wozniak claims that he had been to Athens, Moscow, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich (twice), Zurich, Canada (three times), Columbia, Singapore, Japan and London within the last year which caused him to use kilometers per hour rather than miles per hour. We don’t buy it and neither did the judge. He slapped Wozniak with a $700 fine.
Wozniak was able to hit this tremendous speed (at least for a Prius) on his was to Las Vegas. We’re guessing the section of the I-5 where Wozniak was caught has a downward-sloping gradient and that there was a particularly stiff tail-wind that day. At that speed, the Prius only returns a less-than-green 31-37 mpg. Not that mileage is a huge concern for Wozniak as he is also the proud owner of a Hummer.
Al Gore III still holds the land speed record for a civilian-issued Prius; he was pulled over doing 105 mph.
