Fastest speed in electric mode

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Uh huh. Geyn geyzunterheyt.
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Uh huh. Geyn geyzunterheyt.
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Not sure if you think people don't know how to use Google or if you just find this amusing. Either way, it doesn't make your original statement less wrong

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[teamster02]

On smooth level ground with no traffic to worry about I could get it to switch to electric only under 60mph in normal mode. Could go for 2 or 3 miles before the ICE kicked back in.

Same here - under 60 only. I might get a mile or a mile and a half on electric but that's it.

 

[dadd75]

Just to clarify a little further -- there is actually an "All Electric" mode when you first start the hybrid Mav. My theory is that this is basically a "parking lot" mode. In this mode you actually get a slightly wider range of acceleration input on battery in this 'special' case than you do at any other time while driving.

You cannot enable this mode at any other time while driving, it's just automatic when you first start it. And if you accelerate normally out of your driveway you'll probably exceed the threshold and go into normal driving mode from there forward. But it is in this mode that I've gone the farthest on battery-only before I drained the HVB. You can't really tell when your HVB has a high or low state of charge except by the context cues of when the ICE kicks on at an obviously non-accelerating moment.

You can achieve "Battery powered" coasting and minimal acceleration when going highway speeds, up to a point (like very rarely past 70 mph), and highly dependent on specific environment, road, and optional vehicle conditions.

When you get yours, you can spend time with the "EV Coach" menu to show you exactly when you drop into "Battery power" vs "Hybrid" mode (basically when the ICE is on), and "Charging" for regenerative braking -- it won't actually tell you when the ICE is specifically recharging the battery, but you can make a good guess based on if the ICE is running at a decent RPM despite your not giving it much pedal input, or when you're decelerating.

The most surprising thing to me was that the ICE RPM has been very linear with acceleration input. I expected it to be weird and all over the place since it sometimes charges the battery whenever it needs to. But in reality the engine feels like it's just directly reacting to your acceleration input, and not having a fever dream like I expected. Oh, and Sport Mode has fake gear shifts when you punch it which is still strange to me.

Thanks for all the info!
I heard about the 'fake' shifting in sport mode, actually heard it on one of the YouTube videos.
I am excited to get mine, sold my F150 last Oct. when I ordered my Maverick. Didn't think it would take this long????

 

[Sliphorn]

Not sure if you think people don't know how to use Google or if you just find this amusing. Either way, it doesn't make your original statement less wrong

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I am an old Jew, I can not seem to help myself. And yes, I do find it amusing. Please note that I said my mpg is marginally better than my foot. You are correct in that there are a number of factors involved, so to me, that makes it a debatable topic. I guess I should have said...for me and me alone, using CC gives better mpg.

Where I live is very hilly and twisty, a sports car and motorcyclists playground. The state and county roads that I drive and ride are marked 55 mph, so that is where I set my CC. Many of the curves are not negotiable in my Maverick at that speed, so I anticipate and give a quick tap to the brake pedal, disengaging the CC. I come through the turn and when I deem it safe to giddy up and go, I re-engage the CC. That's it. Simple.

Go in good health.
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[MakinDoForNow]

Not always. It depends on temperature, what accessories you might be using, and the level of HVB charge at that point in time.

Happens very seldom but I have had engine start the next morning immediately before I could get my finger off the start button. I think it had started as I was pulling into garage the night before when I pushed the button to turn off. I know the high voltage starter/generator can start ice real quick but this seemed immediate and much less than one second. It was like when I pushed button to stop, the computer was just about or even had initiated fuel intake and in the next am when I pushed button it was like "resume" with the computer having waited all night immediately issuing the spark command, the ice starting without any assistance from the starter/generator. I usually have daylight running lights and ac fan on with temp at 73 so my ice will usually start in less than a mile or two. I have not gone into setting to find the ice vs the battery display. Does it display the % of battery electric, % of generator electric, and the % of ice power being used to drive (it would be nice if % of accessory electric use was also included) @fordvideoguy

 

[TexasHybrid]

I make my living with Automation and Process Controls. The cruise control is just a closed loop (PID) control with parameters set by the programmers. When you drive with 'your foot' you are just doing a different set of PID configuration from your brain. You instinctively know how to optimize the efficiency.

Thus sometimes you beat the computer and sometimes you don't.

Enough for now.

PID - Proportional Integral Derivative

 

[GPSMan]

Driving in SF Bay Area daily using just the foot, I'm going to get 750 miles this tank for sure. 800 miles possible. It takes a little more work, but "tricking" or "coaxing" the truck to use more EV will save gas. It's a fun process for me. I won't do it forever. Just doing it to prove what's possible.

Doing the speed limits but rarely over. Staying to the right lane but not impeding the flow of that lane. Never getting honked at. In 2005 when hybrids were pretty new we played the MPG challenge. Who could get the best MPG. But game over you were out if you got honked at.

Paying attention to the truck and not using CC this is possible:

557 miles on a tank with 202 more to go til empty.

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