MoreMPG

My wife has seen quite a drop in her town mileage since the cold weather set in here in Minnesota, with more warm up and idling time. But now she's tying a little harder to improve her mileage since I bought a 2006 Escape Hybrid recently and installed a scangauge 2 above the rearview mirror. I have gotten as high as 39.2MPG in town with my 4x4 on the warmer 25-35 degreeF winter days. That's on short 7 mile trips according to the scangauge which is set up for the escape. I have added battery temp and recharge info to the readouts through the xgauge feature. Most of the time I manage 29-33mpg. I know this is kind of off topic for the Fusion but it's because of the Fusion Hybrid that I got the Escape Hybrid.

I'm not sure what settings for air flow we used, but we did put it on recirculation so as not to draw in hot outside air. Temps have been cooler here lately so it hasn't been an issue. I know that when I sat in the back seat most of the cold air was coming from the center vents. My wife and I are getting more used to driving economically and are presently averaging 42.2 mpg in town. My wife is very happy with the car.

There's a nice youtube video from someone who owns a fusion hybrid that did a plug in conversion. One of the state vehicles has a plug in conversion done with the 'enginer' system also. I believe it's the only one available that will work with any hybrid. It'll be interesting to see how Ford's plug in 'Energi' works out. The man on the youtube video says his MPG went from 39 to 59mpg after the conversion. The additional battery pack (which can be turned on or off) takes up another 6" in the trunk. It takes about 5-6 hours to recharge when depleted. I sat in the back seat while my wife adjusted the a/c controls and we found a good combo for cooling the back seat area. So now it's just the tire pressure warning that's annoying.

Got 36.2 Highway MPG. I didn't have time to check out the conversion, will wait a while. I wondered about existing warranty issues too. We are experiencing an issue with the tire pressure sensor and air conditioning reaching the back seat area, but that's off topic.All the tires are at 33 psi and warning light comes on and stays on. Back seat passengers don't feel much a/c.

@MoreMPG We just bought a 2010 Fusion Hybrid with 45000 miles on it. We went 3 weeks on the full tank from the dealer and are presently getting 41.1mpg in town. We are taking our first road trip tommorrow. We'll be driving 70=75MPH. Hope to see 37+ MPG. Will be checking out a shop that install Enginer plug in conversion kits.The 4 kwh kits are most common. Good for 20 miles per charge of blended driving.