Learning how to drive my hybrid

[HeyBales]

Thank you for this. I‘m new to a lot of these terms and conditions so slowly gaining knowledge.
Can i ask you, do you use cruise control on the highway? I have not and winder if it helps in any way.

When on a road trip yes.
In which case I'll use Slippery mode, as it eases the response to get back to speed even more than Eco, if any is lost. Doesn't effect the AC though, but this is winter camping trips so... no AC.
But I don't have Adaptive CC.

In city highway I'll sometimes recall to use cruise if the time is right, but usually the traffic is such and trip is short, so it'll be worthless so I don't bother.
I also have no big hills - so no negative from cruise if used.

Cruise on the steep Ozark hills actually can get aggressive, but only talking brief moments of heavy power given and very low mpg.
I've tried manually - let speed increase more on down and hit the up faster, let the speed drop very slowly with power just a tad less and slightly better mpg than cruise would get.
But these are steep enough only a few seconds of difference - then back to high power/low mpg, and about max traction motor assisting.

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[Khain]

2026 Maverick XLT hybrid. Purchased it 8 days ago. Driving it around town and 2 trips to my cabin. Today was the first day, going home from my cabin (about 82 miles), that I felt I was beginning to get it.

It seems to be a lot about having a soft touch to both the accelerator and break. Am I right? Half the trip is highway and the other half is slower stop-and-go through small towns. I used normal mode today through the small towns and Eco mode on the highway. I achieved 51.5 mpg. I tried to keep it under 65 mph on the highway.

I figured, with today’s gas prices, I’m saving about $15 round-trip from my previous non-hybrid vehicle. Not earth shattering but interesting nonetheless. Free money is always good!

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