electric only driving in Hybrid Maverick

[mrgeology79]

Sorry if this topic is posted somewhere else. I looked and didn't see anything. Maybe I just don't know what keywords to use :-/

I've heard from a couple different sources that when driving the hybrid maverick, it operates on battery alone if you keep the needle on the power meter below 10% (first tick on the dial above the green regenerative breaking zone). My question, for those of you who track this sort of thing, is... if you're really trying to keep it in that electric only envelope, about how far can you drive before the battery is depleted and the engine kicks in to charge it. I know stopping at a light or sign would affect this since regenerative breaking would kick in and partially charge the battery. That pattern could go on indefinitely. So, for experimental purposes, I'm wondering how far you could drive around a flat track with no stopping. In other words, how far can the battery take you by itself? I know there are other variables that factor into this, but has anybody tried it?

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[BillR]

Hello, On a flat road and with no A/C or heat on and very light throttle I have gone close to 2 miles. ...but the battery charge must be quite full for that to happen. Yesterday my wife and I drove around 30 to 35 miles on a small trip and averaged 55mpg. Since we don't put many miles on our vehicles I use non-ethanol 89 octane gas.

 

[WannaMav]

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...in-electric-only-mode-the-answer-video.11526/

 

[19mustang65]

It's not a perfect threshold at the 10. I've had it come on with very little input and I've had it stay in electric past 15. I think its demand vs available power.

 

[mrgeology79]

Hello, On a flat road and with no A/C or heat on and very light throttle I have gone close to 2 miles. ...but the battery charge must be quite full for that to happen. Yesterday my wife and I drove around 30 to 35 miles on a small trip and averaged 55mpg. Since we don't put many miles on our vehicles I use non-ethanol 89 octane gas.

Thanks, I was hoping for a higher number, but glad to have an answer

 

[mrgeology79]

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...in-electric-only-mode-the-answer-video.11526/

Thanks! That video answered my question perfectly, and supports the answer I got from BillR above

 

[mrgeology79]

It's not a perfect threshold at the 10. I've had it come on with very little input and I've had it stay in electric past 15. I think its demand vs available power.

Good to know!

 

[Egz]

Thanks, I was hoping for a higher number, but glad to have an answer

Its a small battery. Its not a plugin-hybrid. So yea, its not far.

But as stated, it all depends on a large variety of factors.

 

[Darnon]

Thanks, I was hoping for a higher number, but glad to have an answer

It's a fairly small battery (1.1kwh) and the system is programmed to only use something like 35% of that capacity. So about 385wh max and guesstimating (using the Escape PHEV's numbers) around 330wh/mi that only means about 1-1/8mi EV driving.

It's also why some clearly have no concept of the numbers involved when they point at the other side of the undercarriage having room for a second battery as a PHEV conversion. Okay, now you have power for maybe a whole 2.5 miles. A real PHEV would need a battery easily 10x that capacity.

 

[RonFLA]

Yes, many have posted this question and unfortunately, this is the fundamental difference between a hybrid and a PHEV. Hybrid supplements the gas engine to improve fuel efficiency, where the plug-in usually has the capacity to drive on electric only for an extended distance. The Maverick will likely have a PHEV but it will also cost 10k more, negating most of its consumer attractiveness.

To answer your question: The most I have read is >7 miles of electric only, under ideal conditions, nothing on, >20mph, flat road.

 

[mrgeology79]

Thank you everyone for your answers.

Looking at it from another point of view... it's actually pretty impressive to think a battery that can only power the the truck for <2mi on its own is able to supplement the engine enough to achieve 40+ mpg. Never thought I'd find a truck with better gas mileage than my Toyota Yaris ... and for less than $30K! Great technology, can't wait to get mine.

 

[Bj517]

One point of clarification from your original post. Stopping at stoplights and using regen to recharge the battery will not allow you to drive in electrical only mode "indefinitely." That'd be a perpetual motion device.

 

[mrgeology79]

One point of clarification from your original post. Stopping at stoplights and using regen to recharge the battery will not allow you to drive in electrical only mode "indefinitely." That'd be a perpetual motion device.

Right, the amount of energy captured by the regenerative breaking will be less than the energy put into the truck to get up to previous speed. So not "indefinitely" meaning unlimited, but "indefinitely" meaning unspecified.

 

[TedTX]

On a good charge I get 8/10s of a mile at 30mph. I do worry about the future. My decade old Prius lost of capacity is really noticeable and it started with a 1/4 more battery capacity and uses a wider range ( at first ) . The Prius now gets less MPG than the truck.

 

[GPSMan]

Sorry if this topic is posted somewhere else. I looked and didn't see anything. Maybe I just don't know what keywords to use :-/

I've heard from a couple different sources that when driving the hybrid maverick, it operates on battery alone if you keep the needle on the power meter below 10% (first tick on the dial above the green regenerative breaking zone). My question, for those of you who track this sort of thing, is... if you're really trying to keep it in that electric only envelope, about how far can you drive before the battery is depleted and the engine kicks in to charge it. I know stopping at a light or sign would affect this since regenerative breaking would kick in and partially charge the battery. That pattern could go on indefinitely. So, for experimental purposes, I'm wondering how far you could drive around a flat track with no stopping. In other words, how far can the battery take you by itself? I know there are other variables that factor into this, but has anybody tried it?

The answer is about 3.3 miles on flat ground, maximum, at 25 MPH. This is not typical. But this is what's possible.

The close observer will note AVE speed was less than 16 MPH. Thats because stop signs were involved and some of the clock time was at 0 MPH and some of the time was decelerating and accelerating. 25 maybe 26 was my top speed during this test.

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