majorleeslow

I've seen posts on the other hybrid forums, some were achieving 500k+ miles on their cars. I wanted to find out what's out there for ffh. Do post your odometer pic. For me as of mid 2018 I only have 50k miles.

I drive exactly the same manner and get same results in my fusion Hyb 13. Just don't have any wheel covers. One interesting thing I noticed, if my distance is over 17 Miles I get good mpg about less it goes south. Also fan on in lowest setting adds to the mpg maybe reduced drag depending on where the vents are placed.

Mine too

The point I wanted to make is that some how 50F is a cutoff point where the car drops rapidly in mpg. Even with the same amount of (electrical) loads and driving the car simply doesn't allow same amount of EV miles ratio. Same is the case for rainy days. Seems the saved energy is used elsewhere to keep the battery temps at operational range.

Another important note is that this is just showing the mpg readout after the trip and does not account for the warmups during low temps in winter. Which usually shows up as a negative variance from the gallons used to fill up. usually around a little over 1 gallon per fillup.. so the actual mpg (as shown by Fuelly) is a bit lower than whats shown.

the lower axis is temperatures the trip was taken at and the mpgs (average for one or many trips) are across the vertical axis. Enjoy!

Hi everyone.. long time no msg.. been busy with stuff. finally got around getting back.. wanted to post this updated mpg averages I've been getting over the different temparature ranges. hope it gives you some more understanding.

Or 21 for the gassolilic Fusion.

Alpha and HB, that does make sense. One would think guys who end up buying a plug-in usually (almost all the time) owe more than that. On the topic again.... my car does not like temps under 50 my mpg is very difficult to keep over 50. plus my trips got shorter avg around 10 mi. which is also showing on my avg number. :( I did finalize on an equation that good for stats, one that gives me the exact mpg impact from each trip I take. Can share that if anyone's interested. BUT still haven't found a good solution for SOC.

Good for you, it would be nice to be able to do that. Regarding tax credit, I don't believe that's true. You get the full tax credit (thanks) as long as your vehicle falls under the maximum units allotted for tax credit. I definitely think its a direct credit and has nothing to do with how much one owes.This is just a way of the govt to say thanks for being the beta tester... :) But this discussion is for a separate topic. And i'm by no means a tax advisor.

Its inedible that you only fill single digit in months. However what made you but Energii instead of the volt which comes out much cheaper after the rebate and has longer range? For me having the 5th seat is a big factor. And don't have the extra$$$ to throw at it. Just curious.

Hey my excuse in this case would be its better for regen.

You are absolutely right. Everyone likes to have just that little extra power for their mpg target. Which was the major factor in me buying the fusion rather than the Prius. this is bcauz they are already used to the lower fuel economy from past owned cars. But if you ask me now if i'll go back to a lower mpg car, I'll surely think about it a 1000 times. Most likely say no to lower mpg. One just gets used to it..

I don't know how to share may be throw it on a file cause I sure can't see anyting. Believe me I've tried a few ways but all of them shrink the image. So I hope this zip version works. temp-mpg.zip

My experience with Honda car few years ago was very good. I drove it very rash much more than any other cars and it met the window sticker even in cold temps. But back then the Ethanol allowed wasn't 10% legally. I think that was a big factor. But it was one reliable little car. Unfortunately it drowned in a flood and was a total loss. But lately they're sacrificing Fuel economy for more HP and the price is too high with lesser features than other cars. Not sure how it will do against the Korean brands. It would be interesting to see if they have issue with meeting the window sticker.