52 mpg on Maverick Hybrid

[LaLlegua]

With just over 1,000 miles now on my 2023 Maverick Hybrid XLT, I'm taking the mpg results seriously - as seen in the dash photo I've attached, this one is averaging 52+ mpg. We live at 8,000 feet altitude and do all our shopping, etc., in the valley at 6,000-7,000 feet. Life is a combination of climbing twisty roads and gentle rolling flats, trips to the lumberyard at the bottom of the mountain for loads of lumber and trips to the post office nearby for mail.

I drove the first 700 miles with the dashboard screen on so I could watch the real-time information about how the truck was working and learned in those 700 miles that sweet-talking the accelerator pedal will nudge the engine into electric mode even at 65 on the highway. Then I turned off the screen on the dash for the next several hundred miles to see if that 52 mpg would hold without me monitoring moment-to-moment. It did. The truck taught me how it wants to be driven, and I'm not holding up traffic behind me by driving slowly. Everything is full-speed.

It took 22 months for this truck to arrive after I placed the initial order (for a 2022 model, then got bumped into the 2023 model year production). Over that nearly two-year period, I can't say absence made my heart grow fonder - quite the contrary. I had serious doubts by the time the truck finally arrived and wondered if it would live up to my expectations of a real work truck that might get close to 40 mpg (a huge improvement over the 20-year-old F250 we're retiring). The Maverick has turned out to be way more than I was hoping for. Whew.

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[Ozarkbeard]

Congrats! That is great mileage.
I got mine a week ago and am usually getting 44 - 45 mpg in a mix of very hilly curvy terrain, stop & go in town and 4 lane highway.

Do you mostly drive in Normal, Eco or Slippery mode?

 

[LaLlegua]

Congrats! That is great mileage.
I got mine a week ago and am usually getting 44 - 45 mpg in a mix of very hilly curvy terrain, stop & go in town and 4 lane highway.

Do you mostly drive in Normal, Eco or Slippery mode?

This is all in Normal mode - for the next 1000 miles I'll try Eco.

 

[Bobinmi]

Great MPG!

I have AVERAGED 43.0 MPG over my lifetime of 41k miles on my 2022 Hybrid XLT. That is roughly 65 percent city, 35 percent hwy. I am very impressed with my Maverick Hybrid.

 

[Scupking]

Awesome! My last fill up I averaged 44.3 mpg for the tank!

 

[Silver23]

shoot I'm lucky to get 30.
But I'm still happy with it.

 

[MetalsGeek]

I've gotten similar (52+) MPG in heavy freeway traffic, where speeds are low and the lumbering masses accelerate and decelerate slowly. Running the A/C definitely costs a few MPG. Really short trips suffer because the engine is warmed up after the initial startup. High speeds also suffer, partly because the ICE is running constantly and also because the aerodynamics of the Mav are like a brick. Overall, I found that my actual MPG was about 3% lower than indicated on the dash, and I have averaged in the lower-mid 40's.

 

[Donaldw]

On second tank now. Seems to average about 46. I'm a lightfoot. Maybe a 50 50 mix. The surprising thing is that the highway milage is way better than the window sticker said.

 

[Daswillis]

Nice. I've gotten similar results and found the same behavior with bumping the accelerator to help it into electric mode. You can keep it electric for a surprisingly large percentage of the time this way. I should note that I have ideal conditions here with 25 to 35mph flat roads, but some of the miles on this tank were freeway and faster streets. This was my best tank so far. Typically closer to 45.

Like you, I was kinda over it before the truck even got built. Thought I might just sell it and move on. But after a couple of weeks, I was starting to like it. Pretty happy overall.

 

[GPSMan]

This "platform" is a fantastic package, but with some reliability issues.

When it works, it works well.
But the whole package is less than confidence inspiring.

I have very mixed feelings.
The form factor is impressive.
The build quality is not as good as the 2005 hybrid escape.

I don't know how much "forgiveness" should be granted for this being a pandemic era vehicle.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

On second tank now. Seems to average about 46. I'm a lightfoot. Maybe a 50 50 mix. The surprising thing is that the highway milage is way better than the window sticker said.

It's not highway until over 60mph (+/-)!

 

[Johndl58]

I've been getting close to 45 without getting crazy with the babying. Pretty impressive. Not impressed with the ride quality or the wind noise with windows open. Totally unbearable. Is it worth the $26k out the door? Yeah.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

shoot I'm lucky to get 30.
But I'm still happy with it.

I don't know how you're driving, but you should do much better than that, even on the highway. Use the EV coach screen that shows you when you're Charging, running on Electric or ICE. Try to not use the ICE and your mileage should improve. If no improvement, you should have it checked.

 

[Traegorn]

Lifetime I've averaged just over 42mpg on the gauge (which is probably closer to 40 in reality). But that's a mix of highway and city.

shoot I'm lucky to get 30.
But I'm still happy with it.

How so low? That has to be exclusively highway driving with a lead foot.

 

[Silver23]

Lifetime I've averaged just over 42mpg on the gauge (which is probably closer to 40 in reality). But that's a mix of highway and city.


How so low? That has to be exclusively highway driving with a lead foot.

I think It's Calif gas (10% ethanol) and lots of idling. I don't drive with a led foot and very little highway. oh, and mostly short trips

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