That sounds like a problem. You shouldn't lose that many pips on your battery charge status meter just speeding up to 60. Talk to your dealership.

If it's draining fast it may be spending a lot of time in forced charge mode, and I'm guessing that's not helpful to the MPG.

 

From someone who was frustrated with 40mpg, I know how you felt. But I read the wonderful tarabell's hypermiler bible also and have found joy and bliss at 50-52mpg now. The two things that worked best for me are watching the mpg readout and keeping the rpm's under 2000. It really made a difference. Mike

 

30 one way and >60 the other? sounds like either a real bad head wind or your commute is uphill/downhill.

You should be able to set your CC at 60 and get about 60mpg - unless you are using AC - then you will be closder to 50mph.

 

I think I found my problem. I feel a little embarrassed. What I thought to be a flat stretch of highway turned out to be up a slight incline which explains the ifcd. The reason I was losing all my battery power was because of the on ramp I was taking. It was a steep on ramp that you need to use max assist to get into traffic.

I am still a little perplexed. I still don't get good mileage on the highway. Using the mountain where I live I can get 60mpg in the city . But even on flat portions of the HW my rev's don't go below 2,100. I went on a trip from Seattle to Olympia, and was able to hit 50mpg HW going 65mph at 1900 rpm. I haven't been able to emulate that ever again.