Which is more efficient way of accelerating?

[xk42]

For regular cars, sure. Hybrids that uses up the battery so then the engine has to stay on longer, which eats up more gas.

Hybrid is better with medium-hard acceleration to get up to speed then back off and 'coast' on battery.

I noticed this. Some days traffic is going fast so I need fast acceleration when light turns green. I noticed I got better mpg compared to when Im just doing slow acceleration until cruising speed.

Sure there are days when no one is on the road and I can get to 50mpg. However on the next drive the battery is depleted and it starts the engine as soon as I apply tiny bit of throttle.

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[tom_tucker]

I noticed this. Some days traffic is going fast so I need fast acceleration when light turns green. I noticed I got better mpg compared to when Im just doing slow acceleration until cruising speed.

Sure there are days when no one is on the road and I can get to 50mpg. However on the next drive the battery is depleted and it starts the engine as soon as I apply tiny bit of throttle.

All I do is try to stay out of the inefficient 10-20% power range if traffic allows. Do a subtle milk from 0-10% to start then bring it up to 20-40% depending on slope and conditions.

 

[Maverick Country Club]

With the Ecoboost it’s so simple. Briskly accelerate into the turbo, it starts a little boost at about 1800 rpm. I like 2,500 to 3,000 rpm.

 

[710-oil-614]

With the Ecoboost it’s so simple. Briskly accelerate into the turbo, it starts a little boost at about 1800 rpm. I like 2,500 to 3,000 rpm.
The object is to get into one of the overdrives as soon as possible.

Always accelerate like your barefoot and you’ve got an egg under your toes on the gas pedal.
Press like you do with a pew pew trigger but don’t break the egg.

I’m an old fart. I tried and hated the CVT
I like my out of date eight speed.

Sigh. It's not a CVT but you know this.

 

[710-oil-614]

I noticed this. Some days traffic is going fast so I need fast acceleration when light turns green. I noticed I got better mpg compared to when Im just doing slow acceleration until cruising speed.

Sure there are days when no one is on the road and I can get to 50mpg. However on the next drive the battery is depleted and it starts the engine as soon as I apply tiny bit of throttle.

At least with the 2025 (pre-AT tires) I still had plenty of juice if I used EV to accelerate to 30-35mph and then accelerated up to 45-50 and let off and on the throttle it still goes right back into EV.

 

[Cherokee]

Sigh. It's not a CVT but you know this.

Yeah I know,
That little ‘e’ makes all the difference.
I just don’t like the way it feels.
But I do see that it’s the right drive for the Hybrid power train.

The Ford Maverick Hybrid uses an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (eCVT) which is a robust, beltless system with a planetary gearset, not a traditional pulley-and-belt CVT, making it highly reliable. This efficient design blends power from the 2.5L engine and electric motors, providing smooth, seamless operation and excellent fuel economy, similar to the technology found in Toyota hybrids,

 

[710-oil-614]

Yeah I know,
That little ‘e’ makes all the difference.
I just don’t like the way it feels.
But I do see that it’s the right drive for the Hybrid power train.

The Ford Maverick Hybrid uses an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (eCVT) which is a robust, beltless system with a planetary gearset, not a traditional pulley-and-belt CVT, making it highly reliable. This efficient design blends power from the 2.5L engine and electric motors, providing smooth, seamless operation and excellent fuel economy, similar to the technology found in Toyota hybrids,

As someone who has put around 200k miles on Subarus with their CVT, the reason so many of us get defensive is that it that the HF55 feels nothing like a traditional CVT. Power is immediate. There is no rubber band effect at all. Just linear power delivery.

 

[pgarratt]

Accelerating as slow as you're comfortable with will be the most efficient. Don't go past your target speed as you'll use more energy getting past that point than you gain by any regen getting back to target.

 

[Larrythelunatic]

One thing to keep in mind……..
100% of every foot you travel in a hybrid is provided by gasoline. Hills don’t help. They hinder. What you lose climbing UP the hill, you do not get back coasting back down, and vice-versa.
So drive it, ALL THE TIME, as you would a gasoline car.
Long term……..the most efficient.

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

Hills HELP to boost efficiency in a hybrid as long as weather and other conditions allow you to get the engine off for prolonged segments.

It's counter-intuitive, but proven to be consistent with laws of physics.

Has to do with hills providing major segments of engine off time and has little to do with gravity and elevation changes.

Has to do with more miles being in the 90% efficient mode and fewer miles being in the 40% efficient mode.

Hills; with driving practice will net higher MPG than pure flat.

Every. Time.

Hills. Round trip. No net elevation change. Hills = opportunities for no power use coasting. Flat does not.

Every minute I'm coasting with engine off I'm not generating waste heat. Most people forget that most energy from every gallon of gas goes into heat, not motion.

Hills are advantageous to Hybrids while they do little for pure gas cars.
Way different operating conditions.

 

[Larrythelunatic]

Hills HELP to boost efficiency in a hybrid as long as weather and other conditions allow you to get the engine off for prolonged segments.

It's counter-intuitive, but proven to be consistent with laws of physics.

Has to do with hills providing major segments of engine off time and has little to do with gravity and elevation changes.

Has to do with more miles being in the 90% efficient mode and fewer miles being in the 40% efficient mode.

Hills; with driving practice will net higher MPG than pure flat.

Every. Time.

Hills. Round trip. No net elevation change. Hills = opportunities for no power use coasting. Flat does not.

Every minute I'm coasting with engine off I'm not generating waste heat. Most people forget that most energy from every gallon of gas goes into heat, not motion.

Hills are advantageous to Hybrids while they do little for pure gas cars.
Way different operating conditions.

Guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

Guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.

It's not fair comparing a hybrid to your past experiences of driving gas and diesel fueled vehicles.

You can't compare apples to oranges as they say.

Also flip your thinking around.
Hills reduce waste per mile in a hybrid. Can you get behind that?

Most of the gains come from watching the engine temperature drop while doing downhill. Often, to 120°F. Radiator fan is off pretty much my whole drive.
Is it in your gas only vehicle?

The lack of heat in a hybrid is your clue.

 

[xk42]

Most of the gains come from watching the engine temperature drop while doing downhill. Often, to 120°F. Radiator fan is off pretty much my whole drive.
Is it in your gas only vehicle?

Is this why on my wife 10 miles to work. She sometimes say the heating is not working? I took it one early morning and because the freeway was just crawling around 50mph all downhill and it was on electric mode almost the entire way. I noticed it didn't get warm during that 20 minutes drive.

If so, next time I just need to tell her to put it in sports mode?

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

Is this why on my wife 10 miles to work. She sometimes say the heating is not working? I took it one early morning and because the freeway was just crawling around 50mph all downhill and it was on electric mode almost the entire way. I noticed it didn't get warm during that 20 minutes drive.

If so, next time I just need to tell her to put it in sports mode?

Yes.

Burning gasoline makes the heat, not the act of driving.

But if you set the dial to "HI" and not just something like 70°F it will run more gasoline too. So try that.

 

[xk42]

I know the engine needs to run for it to generate heat as it's not like a EV with heat pump. But I thought the car would automatically turn on the engine to heat up the cabin like when you start it from the app. I'll ask her to make sure the temperature is set higher next time.

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