Maverick quirks

[lonewoof]

I'm sure there are more, but what I have noticed so far:

• Wipers cannot be lifted up, how do those who live in snow/ice regions deal with this? MY24 dropped the windshield heater too. I personally haven't had the need to lift them up, but won't this be annoying when you have to replace the blades?
• Hybrid meter shows blue for electric, grey for hybrid, but sometimes it shows a mix of both. What does that mean
  
  
  
• Hybrid meter has an empty bar, with a solid filled up area in it. What does that mean? And the area of the empty bar keeps changing, reducing, unless you let off the accelerator, in which case it increases.
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[Tbone289]

• Wipers cannot be lifted up, how do those who live in snow/ice regions deal with this? MY24 dropped the windshield heater too. I personally haven't had the need to lift them up, but won't this be annoying when you have to replace the blades?

Yes, they do lift up, you just need to do it with the wipers in the vertical position, and remember to put them back down against the windshield before you turn the truck on. You can put them in the vertical position manually with the truck off, or by running the wipers and turning the truck off with them vertical.

 

[BunsSauce]

Hybrid meter shows blue for electric, grey for hybrid, but sometimes it shows a mix of both. What does that mean

That means that your vehicle is using power both from the battery & the engine to propel you.

Hybrid meter has an empty bar, with a solid filled up area in it. What does that mean? And the area of the empty bar keeps changing, reducing, unless you let off the accelerator, in which case it increases.

This is showing you that you are in battery only mode & how much throttle you can use in battery only mode. As you drive just using the battery, the available battery power starts draining (which is why it gets smaller). If you let off of the accelerator, then the truck starts regen braking which will partially fill the battery (why it will grow a little). If you were to accelerate “past” the blue box, the engine will turn on to provide the additional power.

 

[tom_tucker]

Hybrid meter shows blue for electric, grey for hybrid, but sometimes it shows a mix of both. What does that mean

That means that your vehicle is using power both from the battery & the engine to propel you.

No, I don't think you're using battery power in that mode. The blue box in Hybrid mode means there is enough battery power available to run electric driving if you decrease your throttle. I believe the ICE is powering the generator which in turn is sending electricity directly to the traction motor. No battery power being used.

 

[NedF]

I like when I am rolling forward idling on battery (no hill). The coach bar shows a very small green bar which should mean regenerative charging but it defies logic and my OBD2 linked app shows the truck is actually using power from the HV battery, not charging it. Looks like the meter needs to be calibrated or something.

 

[boxster03]

I liked that my Mav was always sleeping

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Sometimes in Deep Sleep.

 

[lonewoof]

As you drive just using the battery, the available battery power starts draining (which is why it gets smaller). If you let off of the accelerator, then the truck starts regen braking which will partially fill the battery (why it will grow a little).

Okay that was what I thought too, but I've noticed that if I am about to run out of battery power (blue box is almost full) and I let go of the throttle even for a second, and start accelerating again, I get more electric range than I before. I cannot believe that letting go of the throttle for that short a duration can add enough regen...

 

[lonewoof]

No, I don't think you're using battery power in that mode. The blue box in Hybrid mode means there is enough battery power available to run electric driving if you decrease your throttle. I believe the ICE is powering the generator which in turn is sending electricity directly to the traction motor. No battery power being used.

I'm not sure about this, because if that were the case, the ICE would be powering the generator the entire time it is using gas, right? Also, I've noticed this situation happens usually only after I run out of battery power and the ICE kicks in. If there was battery power left, why would it switch to ICE?

 

[lonewoof]

I'd read an article, not sure if it was a blog, or on this forum, about how the Maverick hybrid is designed different from a Prius, where both the battery and ICE work in tandem to propel the car. I think for the Maverick it is either/or, right?

 

[NedF]

I'd read an article, not sure if it was a blog, or on this forum, about how the Maverick hybrid is designed different from a Prius, where both the battery and ICE work in tandem to propel the car. I think for the Maverick it is either/or, right?

No, it works the same, the motor generators can help propel as well as recharge at the same time. The main exception is when the HV battery is at or below 30% and then it’s mostly up to the ICE to propel the truck. You can actually loose battery power when climbing a hill if the ICE and electric motor are propelling you up a steep hill.

 

[HeyBales]

I'm not sure about this, because if that were the case, the ICE would be powering the generator the entire time it is using gas, right? Also, I've noticed this situation happens usually only after I run out of battery power and the ICE kicks in. If there was battery power left, why would it switch to ICE?

Ice is powering the generator motor entire time it's using gas, which also acts as the eCVT for gearing changes.

Got some misconceptions from your other post as to what the blue bar represents.

Need to go read this.

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/hybrid-power-meter-calibrated.49353/

 

[HeyBales]

Okay that was what I thought too, but I've noticed that if I am about to run out of battery power (blue box is almost full) and I let go of the throttle even for a second, and start accelerating again, I get more electric range than I before. I cannot believe that letting go of the throttle for that short a duration can add enough regen...

You are not running out of battery power when that box is almost full - you are using the max that will be allowed to be used by only battery power.

You can have totally full battery and blow right to the end of that blue box and past and ICE kicks on.
Happens at every stop light if I don't want to totally tick off everyone behind me waiting to accelerate.

That 10% line on power meter is important.
No go read that other thread I linked.

 

[HeyBales]

After rereading the posts - I detect a misconception.

This is not a PHEV vehicle.

There is no all electric mode until the battery is almost empty.

There is electric mode as long as there is enough battery and power needed is 10% or below.
As battery drops then the 10% limit drops too.

10% may not be enough for most accelerations, but it'll get you started moving while the engine turns on for rest of the needed power.
Think glorified engine auto-start/stop without the lag time.

10% may be enough to keep you moving on the flats or slight incline, declines probably - all of which means engine off saving gas.

Until warmth is needed, or more battery recharge required, like when AC is running off the battery. Then the engine starts whether needing above 10% power or not.

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