40.7 mpg. EB 4K. Who needs a hybrid?

[22Maverick]

Hey everyone. I was able to take my first mini road trip with my Mav since I got it a couple weeks ago.
Allentown PA (338’ elevation) to Hershey PA (411’) for a concert. On the way to the concert I was in left lane traffic avg 80 mph in normal drive mode and received 29.8 mpg.
On the way home I decided to take my time. I put the truck in eco mode. Sat for 10 minutes trying to leave the concert and started the drive home. On the highway I found a uhaul and started drafting away going on AVG 60 mph and received 40.7 mpg by the time I got home. Definitely was pretty blown away.

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[MLowe05]

Who needs a hybrid, you ask?

Anyone who wants to regularly get this type of MPG, without ideal conditions, without "drafting", etc.

Hope that answers your question.

 

[Maverick2023]

Hey everyone. I was able to take my first mini road trip with my Mav since I got it a couple weeks ago.
Allentown PA (338’ elevation) to Hershey PA (411’) for a concert. On the way to the concert I was in left lane traffic avg 80 mph in normal drive mode and received 29.8 mpg.
On the way home I decided to take my time. I put the truck in eco mode. Sat for 10 minutes trying to leave the concert and started the drive home. On the highway I found a uhaul and started drafting away going on AVG 60 mph and received 40.7 mpg by the time I got home. Definitely was pretty blown away.

I once drove downhill for 5 miles and averaged 50mpg in my civic. Who needs a maverick for that?

 

[Decayed]

I drove downhill with a tailwind and my ecoboost actually started creating gasoline and refilled the tank. Good thing the hill was small or the gas tank would have overflowed!

 

[MLowe05]

FWIW, our Integra regularly averages 39-44mpg if driven conservatively. It's not a hybrid. But you dip into the throttle regularly and you're at 30mpg. I had an EB Maverick XL for 2,000 miles and it averaged 25mpg. Fine for a truck, but no where close to what I want out of the hybrid.

 

[projectvortex]

Hey everyone. I was able to take my first mini road trip with my Mav since I got it a couple weeks ago.
Allentown PA (338’ elevation) to Hershey PA (411’) for a concert. On the way to the concert I was in left lane traffic avg 80 mph in normal drive mode and received 29.8 mpg.
On the way home I decided to take my time. I put the truck in eco mode. Sat for 10 minutes trying to leave the concert and started the drive home. On the highway I found a uhaul and started drafting away going on AVG 60 mph and received 40.7 mpg by the time I got home. Definitely was pretty blown away.

Yes, but with a hybrid engine setup and the same conditions, you would get 50+mpg most likely. Of course, tailgating is illegal in most areas, not to mention the amount of road rash this may inflict on your vehicle. But hey, have at it!

 

[22Maverick]

Holy hybrid Batman! Sarcasm is hard to catch on the internet but people being butt hurt is easy to spot.
It was a joke and more about the impressive MPG I received on one trip! Obviously if you want 40 mpg and to worry about the Mav catching fire, get a hybrid.

 

[Deleted member 1483]

It's impressive. I managed a 35mpg highway trip in my 2.0 escape it normally averaged about 21. I felt pretty happy about it even though it wasn't typical.

That being said no need for two wrongs and attacking the hybrid back. Both engines are good.

 

[Ztnichol]

How was Chris Stapleton?

 

[DeeZee]

Holy hybrid Batman! Sarcasm is hard to catch on the internet but people being butt hurt is easy to spot.
It was a joke and more about the impressive MPG I received on one trip! Obviously if you want 40 mpg and to worry about the Mav catching fire, get a hybrid.

Mr. OP some of us got it……good stuff.

Reminds me of a time in high school when we were in the middle of the desert and thought we were going run out of gas. Got behind a big rig and drafted until we could get to a gas station

 

[DeeZee]

Who needs a hybrid, you ask?

Anyone who wants to regularly get this type of MPG, without ideal conditions, without "drafting", etc.

Hope that answers your question.

Thanks for the buzz kill

 

[MaverRick]

It’s all relative. I didn’t buy the hybrid version but coming from a Dodge Ram I doubled my gas mileage even though I’m only averaging 25 mpg!

 

[dalola]

Has anyone seen a Cd spec for the Mav? I'm guessing it's not great, even by PU standards...

Still, that's a really impressive number given the parameters.

 

[stoptothink]

That's great, but under the same conditions you probably get 60mpg+ in the hybrid.

 

[NJBob]

Has anyone seen a Cd spec for the Mav? I'm guessing it's not great, even by PU standards...

Still, that's a really impressive number given the parameters.

What is a cd spec.

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