MPG Maverick vs Camry

[dsbanks22]

Camry mpg is about 51 city & 53 hwy . higher both city and highway. Specs are very similar, L, W, H, weight, 2.5 ICE, battery kWh
Any reason why????

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[MLowe05]

Aerodynamics. Not sure about them being dimensionally similar in terms of "height", either. The Maverick sits a full foot taller than the Camry. That is huge, aerodynamically speaking.

 

[dsbanks22]

Yeah, aero makes sense on hwy, but in city too??

 

[stoptothink]

Yeah, aero makes sense on hwy, but in city too??

Aerodynamics certainly matter more over 50mph, but they matter always. On a bike, for instance, once you exceed 10mph, drag is the single largest resistance force.

 

[dsbanks22]

The Camry also gets +5 mpg over the Honda Accord. The trunk space sucks on both!!

 

[Mav2Scamp]

Camry mpg is about 51 city & 53 hwy . higher both city and highway. Specs are very similar, L, W, H, weight, 2.5 ICE, battery kWh
Any reason why????

 

[Egz]

Gearing is also another thing to consider. The Maverick final drive could be different to support 2k towing (vs 800 lb)

 

[taralon]

The Camry has a 1.6 kWh HVB and the Maverick has a 1.1 kWh HVB. That is a ~50% increase in useable capacity can significantly impact city fuel mileage (probably by at least 10%). The bigger battery allows you to have more electric only miles, gives a bigger reservoir to store braking energy, and allows you to dump more charge into the battery and pull it out faster which helps a ton in city mpg. The Camry motor also has direct injection (via their D4S system which uses port/direct injection hybrid for different engine speeds) which likely allows them to eek out some more gains in fuel efficiency. There are also differences in the gearing between the engine/electric motors and the drive wheels between the Maverick and Camry for expected usage which likely also impacts city/highway MPG.

 

[dsbanks22]

Great info.
The specs I saw had the battery as 1.0 but maybe I read it wrong..

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