A few MPG and Eco mode questions ?

[Fish Chris]

Update: My GF and I have both been changing the drive mode to ECO, and surprisingly, the mileage immediately started rising. Albeit, only a few tenths... at 36.5 right now. but it jumped .4 mpg's in a relatively short time. So we are hoping it will keep climbing. Anything over 37 would be good. And getting the motor broke in should help too... But that could take a full year, with the driving my GF does... If it were mine, it might take a month or two lol

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[Fast64Ranchero]

Idling kills mileage, so can low tire pressure. My Corolla picked up 3-4 MPG by running tire pressure close to max tire pressure. Winter MPG will be down 3-5 MPG compared to Summer.

 

[Fish Chris]

Idling kills mileage, so can low tire pressure. My Corolla picked up 3-4 MPG by running tire pressure close to max tire pressure. Winter MPG will be down 3-5 MPG compared to Summer.

Ahhh.... But NOT in a Hybrid
Because you can sit "powered up" for hours in a Hybrid, and the ICE hardly runs !
Learned this on my Prius, when I've slept in it with climate control set at 73F degrees (in 25F degree weather) powered up for 6 hrs, and when I woke up my miles left in the tank only went down by like 5 miles !
Same when your sitting in traffic. Barely affects your mileage, as the gas motor is mostly not even running.
Love hybrids

 

[Fast64Ranchero]

Ahhh.... But NOT in a Hybrid
Because you can sit "powered up" for hours in a Hybrid, and the ICE hardly runs !
Learned this on my Prius, when I've slept in it with climate control set at 73F degrees (in 25F degree weather) powered up for 6 hrs, and when I woke up my miles left in the tank only went down by like 5 miles !
Same when your sitting in traffic. Barely affects your mileage, as the gas motor is mostly not even running.
Love hybrids

Well my Corolla would start the ICE engine alot to keep temp right. Guess we will see when we get our Maverick Hybrids

 

[OldSoulNewMaverick]

EPA ratings are for 37 mpg combined......so she's not really that far off??? I know there's people posting some high numbers, but maybe that's due to factors beyond your control?

 

[Fish Chris]

Well my Corolla would start the ICE engine alot to keep temp right. Guess we will see when we get our Maverick Hybrids

I've set (even slept) in my Prius, in 25F weather, climate control set at 73F, and the ICE only fired up about once every 15-20 minutes, and then, only for about 60-90 seconds. Haven't been in that cold of weather yet here in Sacramento, but I have set in the Mav for 20 or 30 minutes, and I don't think the ICE fired up more than twice, and only for a minute or two. Seems similar to my Prius...

 

[GaryHoosier]

i know that you'll do better with more miles on it, since you're on the first few tanks of fuel and needs to "break-in" yet.

I read somewhere that it takes a little while for the vehicle to "adopt" (learn) a driver's habits. It actually learns to establish shift-points, etc. according to how it is driven. Am pretty sure this info was in a review published on one of the major automotive websites.

 

[Fish Chris]

I read somewhere that it takes a little while for the vehicle to "adopt" (learn) a driver's habits. It actually learns to establish shift-points, etc. according to how it is driven. Am pretty sure this info was in a review published on one of the major automotive websites.

Oh that's totally true, with basically all new cars. I'm just not sure how that will affect MPG's ???

 

[Cubican]

First off ECO mode needs to be enabled every time the Maverick is started as the Drive Mode always defaults to Normal.

The big plus for ECO mode is when you are stopping as it doubles the regeneration power when slowing down and stopping. Having ECO Mode on and stopping you should get a 100% Braking Report on every stop. Also don't stomp on the brakes or push hard as both will put the gauge on the left to the white line where the actual brakes are applied and you lose power going back into the HV battery.

Also on starts don't stomp on the accelerator but press to keep the left gauge in the 0-20% range until up to speed then briefly take the pressure off the accelerator then re-apply to keep a steady speed. Doing this gets the electric motor involved in moving the truck and will stop the ICE motor.

As others here state use ECO mode on every drive and slow but steady acceleration instead of aggressive acceleration and braking while staying the the green range on the left power meter will give you great MPGs.

Excellent advice here the car will get better as the battery get fully changed here’s a pic of my mpg today mostly highway

 

[FloridaGuy]

I have a 2021 Escape Hybrid and it took a few hundred miles to get consistently over 40 mpg while. I have just over 11,000 miles and can get 41 mpg with out having to really pay attention.
Should be the same for the Maverick as they use the same Hybrid system.

 

[OC-D]

We’re all assuming OP is talking about a Hybrid but what if she’s driving an ecoboost and actually getting insane mileage! Haha but anyways…

I’ve noticed that my Mav Hybrid really isn’t that efficient above 60 and in standard mood it’s really easy to get from 60-80 really easily (I’m in an XL and feels smooth and effortless). So that being said, mpg can suffer for strictly highway. Coasting to a stop will recharge the brakes better than hard stops but if you’re at constant speed and flat terrain, you’ll probably not get the most out of the better reserve. So a good 50/50 off highway/street seems to get the higher numbers.

Has she tried to use cruise control at around the speed limit? Just a thought, maybe she’s got a lead foot

 

[Thodges]

To get the best mpg coast..a lot.

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