Only getting 17mpg
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If my foot is on the gas pedal, at all, the ICE kicks in.
I have two or three different times but today, no .. i watched it my whole trip today and I was in the car basically for three hours and couldn’t get it above three. Was slightly off put because I had been getting it to the near full bars. Now, it I cannot tell you how I did that so don’t ask, couldnt seem to replicate it today -
I get the same thing
Yeah, this is interesting. I'm able to maintain the EV at maybe 1/20th throttle. I can't effectively drive around with it because the acceleration is so slow that I'd interfere with other traffic. I wonder if there are adjustments (somewhere) that can help.
To clarify, I use the ICE to get up to cruising speed.
I checked this again with a different app and was getting similar results to Waze. I'll play around some more with different apps and different speeds to see if the variance is consistent or changes as the speed goes up.
Mine was at 17 forever but then at 19 and now 20- so I’m seeing increase with 91- 93 octane and 1500 miles on it now
So does driving in normal mode on the highway = better mileage? I also have never seen my battery over 5 bars and I have 2650 miles on it.
If you don't see a full battery that is a good thing in my view. That means you are using more battery and less gas as it is intended. No point having full battery all the time cause you are using gas to keep it charged. I know some are after getting the battery charged full but this is not tesla.
Maybe, but I look at the Max gauge and I don’t see it engage much and I cannot get any battery to stay on at any speed above 35MPH no matter how steady my foot on the gas pedal. Also, if I am on a straight away with little or no altitude change why does the battery not kick in?
You may see the full battery after long descents.
Living in the PNW, there's plenty of hills on my way to work.
I too have long descents as well in New England as well. 3-5 bars is all I see.
Because other than at very low speed the electric motor is used as a power adder, it does not have an EV mode at least partly because the battery is too small for that. I see the Max gauge register during acceleration mostly and during slow speed 1% throttle situations (rare).
- Aug 2, 2023
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Mine seems stuck on 21.1 as well on premium.
Try to lightly keep your foot on the brake.I too have long descents as well in New England as well. 3-5 bars is all I see.
Too much and the "real" brakes will kick in.
Would be nice to have a gauge to show that too.
Today I went to work "rushing" and my MPG went down to 19 (from 26 last week)
Any small driving variations results in a huge MPG swing...
Im at around 1100 miles and driving like a grandma and cruising to red lights or rolling as much as possible and still 18-22 avg. 24 is my high. Hopefully things will get better.
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