wiscy67 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 This result - a personal best - was an unexpected surprise. Traffic was light and I was able to get from house to freeway (2 mi) and from freeway to work (also 2 mi) pretty quickly. Once on the freeway I put the ECC at 65 mph as always. During that stretch I bumped it up to 66 mph to move past a couple of semi trucks but for the most part it was right at 65. I noticed the outside air temp was 63F so I expected a loss of a couple mpg from the cooler weather. So I was surprised to see 65.8 mpg for this trip which is 2 mpg higher than my previous best. The one stat that jumps out at me is that for this trip I was able to stay in EV mode for a full 15 miles which is 1 - 1.5 miles longer than normal. I wish I knew why the higher result so I could reproduce it consistently. 2 corncobs and hybridbear reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dalesky Report post Posted March 31, 2015 This result - a personal best - was an unexpected surprise. Traffic was light and I was able to get from house to freeway (2 mi) and from freeway to work (also 2 mi) pretty quickly. Once on the freeway I put the ECC at 65 mph as always. During that stretch I bumped it up to 66 mph to move past a couple of semi trucks but for the most part it was right at 65. I noticed the outside air temp was 63F so I expected a loss of a couple mpg from the cooler weather. So I was surprised to see 65.8 mpg for this trip which is 2 mpg higher than my previous best. The one stat that jumps out at me is that for this trip I was able to stay in EV mode for a full 15 miles which is 1 - 1.5 miles longer than normal. I wish I knew why the higher result so I could reproduce it consistently. The battery must have been fully charged, as I never get near this figure at freeway speeds. I am happy with a typical 43 MPG though, which is what I had hoped for when I bought the car. I do so little highway driving, except for vacation trips, that I am extremely happy with the city average. 1 wiscy67 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corncobs Report post Posted March 31, 2015 I wish I knew why the higher result so I could reproduce it consistently.Well unfortunately you can't always drive downhill ;) Very impressive result I'm jealous. 2 wiscy67 and GrySql reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiscy67 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 One of the differences was that the car was used for a day trip yesterday and returned last night about 9 hours before my trip this morning. I wasn't the driver yesterday so I'm not exactly sure what paces it was put through but the HVB looked mostly (2/3) charged when I started the car this morning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
md13ffhguy Report post Posted April 1, 2015 Awesome what it can do when the conditions are just so. Enjoy! :) 1 wiscy67 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Easy Rider Report post Posted April 1, 2015 Tail wind. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
