Quote:Originally Posted by ElanC
With city driving and a lot of EV mode you probably started with a full charge on the batteries and ended up with much less. This would mean you borrowed energy from the batteries to temporarily get high gas mileage, but you'll have to pay it back. This can make MPG look very good over short distances. Over a full tank it will average out.


Actually I've never had the battery to much past half way point. There is a weird point with what I'll call hybrid neutral(point were you aren't using any gas, assist or charging) that I coast in once up to speed. Not sure of the HCH I but, it seems whenever it goes one bar past half the car will charge at to the half point again. And I've been using pulse and glide horsing around the city. This is my first attempt at a full tank above 50mpg although I had a mental lapse last night with an Expedition riding me for a time. We'll leave that at I can confirm that the dash is capable of at least 101mph.(it wasn't worth it I killed my mpg going from 54.7 to 51.1 displayed) I also visit San Pedro to visit with the other half often and the mountains kill me. So I take a back route that is alittle easier on MPG. Now in the process of horsing around I managed to Auto-Stop a CVT and coast down the mountain after a stop sign with the Atuo-Stop engaged. I got the car up to 36mph before needing to turn up mountain to the street. Not sure if it was a good thing but, it can be done. As of now I'm at 53.2mpg on 122 miles and just starting the third bar of gas. Still need to finish out today but, tomorrow is a test as I have to commute the 405 from LAX to Northridge(dropping son off at school) and back to Marina Del Rey(work) in the morning.