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That’s not how hybrids work.First hybrid for me. My commute is 3 miles. My 2018 Ford Fiesta (that I'll sell as soon as I have a prod date) has 2200 miles on it, and suffers from why-the-hell-don't-you-drive-me-on-the-freeway-itus. I can't wait to drive something to work at 35mph basically silently (the engine kicking on to recharge only basically), while graduating to the utility of a truckbed.
We had one of those with similar miles when we sold it. Loved that thing.Wife had a 2009 ( 2010?) Ford escape hybred it had 250,000 miles on it when she gave it to our granddaughter to take to college, wife loved that little SUV
There's misconception that Maverick hybrid will get 40 mpg no matter what. To achieve 40 mpg he car has to be completely warmed up especially in the winter, no AC, no freeway driving, EV battery adequately charged, no 10 5 qt. cow manure/garden soil in the bed, not exceeding 15 mph or heavy foot on the gas, no short trips, "coasting" as much as possible...etc. I guesstimate most people will get 30-35 mpg which is still pretty good for a truck.That’s not how hybrids work.
Same! The Gen2 Escape Hybrid got me addicted to mileage. Now I snicker at anything in the 20 MPGsWe had one of those with similar miles when we sold it. Loved that thing.
Good? It's dang impossible to get into the 30s with a truck today unless it's a diesel that you hypermile on a 60F day with 0 cross wind. So the Maverick is very, very good indeed.I guesstimate most people will get 30-35 mpg which is still pretty good for a truck.
I've previously posted Fuelly data for the 2020 Escape Hybrid showing achieved mileage of 30 to 45 MPG. Maverick ought to be a couple less.There's misconception that Maverick hybrid will get 40 mpg no matter what.
Winter is fun, but cold sucks. The ICE stays cold all the time unless you turn on the heat, and say goodbye to 40 mpg. (Expect fuel in the oil without highway runs.)To achieve 40 mpg he car has to be completely warmed up especially in the winter, no AC, no freeway driving, EV battery adequately charged, no 10 5 qt. cow manure/garden soil in the bed, not exceeding 15 mph or heavy foot on the gas, no short trips, "coasting" as much as possible...etc. I guesstimate most people will get 30-35 mpg which is still pretty good for a truck.
Winter is fun, but cold sucks. The ICE stays cold all the time unless you turn on the heat, and say goodbye to 40 mpg.
What are the techniques for optimum mpg? This will be my first hybrid so I'm excited to try out something new.My daily driver/commuter is a 2011 Lexus CT200h hybrid. I love the car, and wouldn't have swapped it out (except maybe for a Prius wagon) before the Maverick was unveiled with the hybrid powertrain. If I drive the Lexus right, I can eek out 45mpg combined city/highway, 47.5mpg if all city, and 42mpg if all highway. That's above the EPA estimates for the car, and I have no reason to think I won't be able to similarly increase the Maverick's rated mpg using the same techniques.
Honestly, I think you could be wrong on every count.There's misconception that Maverick hybrid will get 40 mpg no matter what. To achieve 40 mpg he car has to be completely warmed up especially in the winter, no AC, no freeway driving, EV battery adequately charged, no 10 5 qt. cow manure/garden soil in the bed, not exceeding 15 mph or heavy foot on the gas, no short trips, "coasting" as much as possible...etc. I guesstimate most people will get 30-35 mpg which is still pretty good for a truck.
The basic idea is to use the ICE under load at low RPM, where it's most efficient. Store energy in speed, altitude and HVB charge, and then switch to EV for low-load operation, aka going down hills. It's called "pulse and glide" if you want to look up the hypermiling technique.What are the techniques for optimum mpg? ...
Isn't 40% efficiency high for ICE? I'd read that it's typically around 25%. ICE is great a generating lots of heat- the big store is the GAS TANK, with 500kWh of energy, of which we get to use 40%, or 200 kWh.
This is the ideal but depends on tuning. My Chevy Volt has been very enlightening about what's happening on the road instead of the lab. I can force my Volt to use a) electric motors or b) gas engine; it is powerplant selectable. And its "tach" represents the powerplant outputs in the same unit measure for both: kW. So here's what I've observed:The basic idea is to use the ICE under load at low RPM, where it's most efficient.
The folks over at ecomodder.com suggest a tonneau cover because of the air drag , so I plan on adding one.But you can really screw up aerodynamics with cargo in a pick-up bed.
Don't know where the 2.0L and 2.5L engines Ford has used in their hybrids fall, but the Toyota hybrid engines hits about 40%. Atkinson cycle + eCVT lets them operate in that ideal efficiency range >38% while still delivery plenty of usable power.Isn't 40% efficiency high for ICE? I'd read that it's typically around 25%. ICE is great a generating lots of heat