Drive Mode Differences

[ThatWretchCasey]

Anyone know the mileage difference in Normal Mode and Eco Mode on the hybrid? Really tired of forgetting to take it off Normal every single drive and want to know what real life MPG I may be losing out on.

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[Clarkdonbran]

I used “normal” for the first 500 miles and “Eco” for the next 2,000. I saw 2 mpg difference from 41 to 43.

 

[RGinFL]

I used “normal” for the first 500 miles and “Eco” for the next 2,000. I saw 2 mpg difference from 41 to 43.

Can you tell much difference in performance between Normal and Eco?

 

[Jezmund_Berserker]

Can you tell much difference in performance between Normal and Eco?

Yes. I’m only a few hundred miles in but eco is definitely more sluggish in accelerating.

 

[Clarkdonbran]

Can you tell much difference in performance between Normal and Eco?

Yeah. Eco lags pretty bad. Regenerative braking is much better though.

 

[Adospeed]

Wanna try something that will make you laugh? Switch your Hybrid to "Sport" or "Towing" mode, and it makes an audible gear shifting SOUND.........it's absolutely cringe worthy, almost makes my face turn red from embarrassment. I had totally forgotten about the modes last week, when and switched to Sport mode to get a little more "oomph", and then I heard shifting sounds......oh it was epic cringe worthy.

 

[RGinFL]

Yeah. Eco lags pretty bad. Regenerative braking is much better though.

Thanks - great info. Mine should arrive next week. For 2 MPG, I'll stick with Normal! Maybe try Eco on a long highway drive.

 

[Ricstar]

Eco doesn't seem to help as much on the highway. At least for me I drive 40/40/20 highway/rural/city. And gain about. 2 mpg in Eco but on a 250 mile round trip at 80_85 I saw no difference in mpg

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Eco doesn't seem to help as much on the highway. At least for me I drive 40/40/20 highway/rural/city. And gain about. 2 mpg in Eco but on a 250 mile round trip at 80_85 I saw no difference in mpg

Have only 310 on mine so far but on 30 mile tests on std and econ the mpg savings on econ appears to start disappearing at about 62 mph. Will know more at 3-5k miles, maybe.

 

[Ricstar]

a little update for eco mode vs normal mode. At 2500 miles for my daily driving 40% rural 40% highway 20% town.
I actually get a little better MPG in normal mode, 2 tanks in eco and I averaged 36.3mpg last tank in normal 38.1mpg.
It looks like above 60ish you get better in normal mode than eco.
Now when driving in town I can easily get 40+mpg and I have got over 60mpg on drives in town when showing houses.

 

[My1stFord]

I used “normal” for the first 500 miles and “Eco” for the next 2,000. I saw 2 mpg difference from 41 to 43.

I stole this from the Smithsonian magazine, it goes into why the difference between 40 and 42 isn't as significant as the difference between 20 and 22:

A car that gets 10 MPG uses 10 gallons every 100 miles. A car that gets 20 MPG uses 5 gallons per 100 miles. An MPG of 30 equals 3.3 gallons per 100 miles. And 40 MPG is only 2.5 gallons per 100 miles. Each improvement in 10 MPG does not result in the same improvement in gallons per 100 miles. And it's that number that matters in terms of money saved.

 

[nickmav]

ill probably never use eco mode

normal is good enough, and ill throw it into sport mode once in a while when i want to have a bit of fun

 

[Paulsr]

Can you switch on the fly without stopping

 

[Clarkdonbran]

I stole this from the Smithsonian magazine, it goes into why the difference between 40 and 42 isn't as significant as the difference between 20 and 22:

A car that gets 10 MPG uses 10 gallons every 100 miles. A car that gets 20 MPG uses 5 gallons per 100 miles. An MPG of 30 equals 3.3 gallons per 100 miles. And 40 MPG is only 2.5 gallons per 100 miles. Each improvement in 10 MPG does not result in the same improvement in gallons per 100 miles. And it's that number that matters in terms of money saved.

No math allowed in the MTC!

 

[AZMavHyb]

Can you switch on the fly without stopping

Yes, you can switch on the fly.

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