So what does your avg MPG and lifetime MPG read?

[Terps]

If you've just hit the 6K mark then you'll probably start to see a steady improvement in fuel economy. Supposedly there is a 6K breakin period and I did observe a marked improvement in fuel economy once I got past the 6K mi.

I recently hit 2000(4000 rough total) miles on the ICE and noticed a significant improvement, best drive to work was 59/Avg about 52, shortly after 2000 miles on the ICE I hit 67 on the work commute and Avg has been up around 56 or so. So I question if there is some sort of programmed break in based on ICE only miles.

 

I definitely have noticed improved mpg on 80mph interstate trips as well lately, maybe it's just the thin air here in Colorado, who knows?

[46stang]

If you've just hit the 6K mark then you'll probably start to see a steady improvement in fuel economy. Supposedly there is a 6K breakin period and I did observe a marked improvement in fuel economy once I got past the 6K mi.

To be honest I'm happy with what it's getting now. I live in a mountainous area so probably not the best environment for high mpg's. I started out in the 38mpg range when i bought it in April and it has gotten better with each tank. I would love to get into the mid 40's but it is what it is. My wife's old expedition got 11mpg so 40+ is great in my book. You mileage is awesome, btw.

[FusionRose]

Average: 45.2 reset after the Mobile Roadtrip

Lifetime: 42.2

[coach81]

thanks for the info... grats on the solid numbers everyone!

[MTGilby]

• My average mpg is 46.2 and the lifetime is 45.8. I This is why we bought our FFH, as we mostly drive in town. My service people are amazed at our mileage, and I am wondering if they really understand hybrids.

[tbranca]

^{10900 Miles life time 35MPG and that's babying it. I bought mine in November last year.}

[Barsoom]

Mine was built on Feb 6, 2013, and has about 2,500 miles on it. Average was 34.9 - 35.0.

 

I just reset it yesterday after have 13B07 applied.

 

I'll report back when I see what the new programming has done to my performance.

[MaineFusion]

Mine was built on Feb 6, 2013, and has about 2,500 miles on it. Average was 34.9 - 35.0.

 

I just reset it yesterday after have 13B07 applied.

 

I'll report back when I see what the new programming has done to my performance.

Boy, it will take you another year to get it broken in. ;-)

 

My FFH's build date is 01/30/2013 and it already has almost 11,000 mi on it.

[jeapa]

So I am almost at the 500 mile mark so I decided to post my lifetime Avg and current avg.

 

Lifetime:

 

 

 

Current average:

 

 

 

Most of these miles are highway at 65-68 mph. I love this car!

[MaineFusion]

So I am almost at the 500 mile mark so I decided to post my lifetime Avg and current avg.

 

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Most of these miles are highway at 65-68 mph. I love this car!

Looks like you are off to a good start. Just remember, the mechanical break-in period for the engine is 2,000 mi with a full break-in taking 6,000 miles. You could see your fuel economy improve substantially over time.

[jeapa]

Looks like you are off to a good start. Just remember, the mechanical break-in period for the engine is 2,000 mi with a full break-in taking 6,000 miles. You could see your fuel economy improve substantially over time.

 

If it gets better then what I am getting now it will be icing on the cake. I am still a little worried about getting the PCM update since my car is doing so well without it. I am delaying until I read more updates here.

[Geremy13]

^{10900 Miles life time 35MPG and that's babying it. I bought mine in November last year.}

 

I baby ours as well... and I'm at 36.1

 

Mine was built on Feb 6, 2013, and has about 2,500 miles on it. Average was 34.9 - 35.0.

 

I just reset it yesterday after have 13B07 applied.

 

I'll report back when I see what the new programming has done to my performance.

 

Me at 36.1 lifetime........ I am with these guys.... wishing we were all at 47 or above. It's great that some are getting great MPG.

 

I'm hoping that the update will do us all well.

[MaineFusion]

Here is my Trip 2 at 2,654mi (50.6mpg) and my overall lifetime (never reset so true lifetime for car from factory). Trip 2 only shows 193mi for EV mode, when it is actually 1,193mi because the tripometers can't show EV miles past 999.9mi. The regen miles are messed up because the PCM software update reset this.

I'm hopeful that I can bump up my lifetime MPG average by 0.2mpg by the end of this week based on how quickly it has been increasing for the past couple of days.

[blinkstafoo182]

Here is my Trip 2 at 2,654mi (50.6mpg) and my overall lifetime (never reset so true lifetime for car from factory). Trip 2 only shows 193mi for EV mode, when it is actually 1,193mi because the tripometers can't show EV miles past 999.9mi. The regen miles are messed up because the PCM software update reset this.

 

I'm hopeful that I can bump up my lifetime MPG average by 0.2mpg by the end of this week based on how quickly it has been increasing for the past couple of days.

 

 

Whats was your average speed, and driving conditions?

[MaineFusion]

When driving on country roads below 45mph, I can get 63mpg or higher. For the trip profile graphed in the Ski Track below, I get around 49mpg when I set the top speed plateau to 65mph and around 51mpg when set to 63mpg. The slower head and tail speeds along with the 55mph zone bring my average trip speed to around 50mph and help to bring up my over all MPG for those commutes. On longer trips with higher average trip speeds, I'd expect lower MPG. I normally keep my tire pressure at 35psi. The Maine Turnpike, which I drive for my commute and which is profiled below, is in pretty good condition overall. Oftentimes, when not commuting to work, I will stick to secondary roads with speed limits of 45mph and less to go to the mall, shopping etc., which helps pad my overall MPG. In Maine, all our roads are slightly rolling which works well with the FFH regen and EV cycle. Lately I've been able to stay in EV mode around 40% of the time overall.

 

Another trick I do is to avoid accelerating so hard off a stop that the car kicks in the ICE until I'm over 15mph. Remember an internal combustion engine has zero torque at zero MPH, where as an electric motor has 100% torque. Allowing the electric motor to accelerate the car off the stop gives the car time to get to a speed where the ICE will have decent torque and thus run more efficiently.

[Geremy13]

When driving on country roads below 45mph, I can get 63mpg or higher. For the trip profile graphed in the Ski Track below, I get around 49mpg when I set the top speed plateau to 65mph and around 51mpg when set to 63mpg. The slower head and tail speeds along with the 55mph zone bring my average trip speed to around 50mph and help to bring up my over all MPG for those commutes. On longer trips with higher average trip speeds, I'd expect lower MPG. I normally keep my tire pressure at 35psi. The Maine Turnpike, which I drive for my commute and which is profiled below, is in pretty good condition overall. Oftentimes, when not commuting to work, I will stick to secondary roads with speed limits of 45mph and less to go to the mall, shopping etc., which helps pad my overall MPG. In Maine, all our roads are slightly rolling which works well with the FFH regen and EV cycle. Lately I've been able to stay in EV mode around 40% of the time overall.

 

Another trick I do is to avoid accelerating so hard off a stop that the car kicks in the ICE until I'm over 15mph. Remember an internal combustion engine has zero torque at zero MPH, where as an electric motor has 100% torque. Allowing the electric motor to accelerate the car off the stop gives the car time to get to a speed where the ICE will have decent torque and thus run more efficiently.

 

 

 

Mainefusion Rocks!.... Your car is excellent and the info that you provide is great as well.

 

So... I have looked all thru the options on MyFordTouch and cannot figure out where the settings are that provide the same info that you provide above.... I did see somewhere in Sirius that it would give me Ski conditions.... (is is there?)... it's 90 degrees outside so I'm not sure where to find it... Help me! ;)

 

OK, so now I'm going to try some of your driving techniques to improve my 36MPG... I have noticed that the EV doesn't really do much until after I get up to 30MPH or so, so I've been using the ICE to get me to that point and then let off and see if I have enough juice for the EV to kick in and take me a little farther.... BUT.. what you just said about torque makes sense...

 

So.... I'm gonna EV it up to 15MPH then kick the ICE in up to 30MPH then let the car decide from there... At that point I will have reached my 3 mile destination.

 

Now for some positive,,, and more information on my car and hopefully others. As you can see I'm at 36MPG.... So today I drove round trip 52.2 miles.... outside temp= 82- 86 deg. ,,, rolled the windows down, raised the sunroof... and travelled in ECO at 55MPH.....

 

Upon arriving home I got 49.8 MPG!!! Yeah!!!! WHOOO....... HOOOOOO!!!!

 

And this ticked my lifetime up 0.2 ticks.

 

I'm going to get my tools out and remove my compressor tonite. Also, I've read that every 100 pounds of luggage or people reduces MPG by 1MPG each. So I joined weighwatchers...... I'm 200 pounds so I should be able to gain another 1MPG by the end of the year.... :dance:

[Da0ne]

 

Mainefusion Rocks!.... Your car is excellent and the info that you provide is great as well.

 

So... I have looked all thru the options on MyFordTouch and cannot figure out where the settings are that provide the same info that you provide above.... I did see somewhere in Sirius that it would give me Ski conditions.... (is is there?)... it's 90 degrees outside so I'm not sure where to find it... Help me! ;)

 

OK, so now I'm going to try some of your driving techniques to improve my 36MPG... I have noticed that the EV doesn't really do much until after I get up to 30MPH or so, so I've been using the ICE to get me to that point and then let off and see if I have enough juice for the EV to kick in and take me a little farther.... BUT.. what you just said about torque makes sense...

 

So.... I'm gonna EV it up to 15MPH then kick the ICE in up to 30MPH then let the car decide from there... At that point I will have reached my 3 mile destination.

 

Now for some positive,,, and more information on my car and hopefully others. As you can see I'm at 36MPG.... So today I drove round trip 52.2 miles.... outside temp= 82- 86 deg. ,,, rolled the windows down, raised the sunroof... and travelled in ECO at 55MPH.....

 

Upon arriving home I got 49.8 MPG!!! Yeah!!!! WHOOO....... HOOOOOO!!!!

 

And this ticked my lifetime up 0.2 ticks.

 

I'm going to get my tools out and remove my compressor tonite. Also, I've read that every 100 pounds of luggage or people reduces MPG by 1MPG each. So I joined weighwatchers...... I'm 200 pounds so I should be able to gain another 1MPG by the end of the year.... :dance:

 

thats an app he is using on his phone called ski track

[neod192]

[acdii]

aww man you beat me again! :(

 

 

 

That does it, I am doing what HB does and have my wife push it up the hills.

Edited August 12, 2013 by acdii

[corncobs]

Nice a picture says more than a thousand words!

 

I didn't reset my actual lifetime but the Empower lifetime at 10k and it shows 51.4 MPG or so since the update last Tuesday.

[hybridbear]

That does it, I am doing what HB does and have my wife push it up the hills.

:hysterical: That's what my dad says must be how I get such good gas mileage too! LOL

[Geremy13]

aww man you beat me again! :(

 

 

 

That does it, I am doing what HB does and have my wife push it up the hills.

 

This is a GREAT idea......... If I joined weightwatchers,,, and the wife pushes the car up hills,,, then we will both lose weight and gain another 2MPG by the end of the year!

 

On a serious note: Where do I get this Ski Track thing that can help me graph my driving history....

 

Thanks, Seriously, Everybody here is a source of great information.

[majorleeslow]

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

[apriltbo1995]

I am currently only at 34.5 for lifetime. I am just under 10K miles on my car. I have a 60mi round trip commute each day on the interstate that is constantly up and down. My daily MPG can range from 35mpg to 38mpg. I usually get my best mpg on the weekends when I stick close to home. Overall I am still happy with my mpg, it's better than what I was getting in my '05 Pontiac G6 GT, my fuel costs have still cut in half. But I still can't help but be jealous by all the amazing mpg's that I am seeing here but I am also very realistic that we all have different driving habits and different commutes.