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Jeff, do you think your numbers there are skewed by having started your trip with a full battery, or would you say they are a mostly accurate representaion of "gas-only" mileage? Were you getting better numbers on long trips with your old non-plug-in Hybrid? (long road trip on I-81 with cruise set on 68-70 averaged 49, 42, and 50 MPG on my segments)

I had no idea that the drive ratio was different. I agree, that could make a difference in the MPG. It also makes me wonder if the FFE is going to be louder on long highway trips, with the engine running at a higher RPM. So the other question is... are these particular ratings tracking well in reality? Obviously it's hard to compare since most people with Energi's are not reporting gas-only stats.

Greetings everyone. I'm in the market, so to say, and am having a tough time understanding something. The EPA rating of the FFH is 44/41mpg, and the FFE is rated 40/36mpg. I am having a hard time believing that the extra weight of the batteries in the FFE can cause that large a difference. Is there some other technical reason that the FFE is less efficient than the Hybrid when operating in "normal" hybrid mode? Does this mpg difference actually translate from the ratings into the real world? Thanks in advance for your input... -Eric