Ok this doesn't really mean much in relation to a full tank of gas. Yesterday about 60-64°F I started and ran my hybrid lariat about 2 miles to grocery in econ turned truck off got about 12 mpg. Five min later returned home got 23 mpg. About 10 min later got in, started truck put Trip 2 screen up which is Set to "This Trip" chose "Slippery" drive mode drove 9 .2 miles meter showed 43.1 mpg. Stopped turned truck off bought 11.2gal (5.8 gal of 86 Tier1 and 5.4 gal of 88 Tier 1, 86 is regular sold at 3500 ft altitude burns equal to 87 at sea level). Started truck put into "slippery" drove 14.4 miles and that trip showed 57.3 mpg. All trips were in town at less than 55 mph accelerate %power as high as 40% for short time then coast or use power mostly at less than 10% to prevent ice from starting unnecessarily. When speed limit increased used % power up to 40%+/- to get to speed rapidly then foot off pedal to drop to less than 10% power which would be electric unless HVB needed charge. The 9.2 and 14.4 mile trips were with truck at operating temp and heater was set to 73°F fan speed 2. Also I just purchased new continental True contact Tour54 low rolling resistance which are only 26.2 lbs. So maybe they helped a little. Note my first 4 miles were pretty low mpg. I do like to use "This Trip" but it restarts mpg every time you take it out of drive. So I can think of "what was different during this trip.
ETA: A thought = if you accelerate using more % power than 10% say 11 for 30 seconds ice will run for those 30 seconds probably charging the HVB but if you accelerate at 40% power you can shut ice down after say 5 seconds instead of burning gas for 30 seconds. So real slow acceleration can use more gas than more rapid at least some of time.
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