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Thanks for the quick replies. Everything helps as I try to save some money and have fun! A sports car is worthless for my drive, but I feel like this car gives me a different type of excitement. The technology in the car makes for a lot of fun. I'll post a detailed follow up with data from all the options early in January when I have captured enough data. I'll include all the factors like outside temp, elevation change, etc. Maybe it will help someone make a decision like mine. Today I took option 1 and used EV Now to get to the highway, EV Later during most of the highway but flipped to EV Now when i thought it made sense. Traffic was about the same and it took me about 55 mins. Actual milage was 50.0. I got 60.2mpg going to work and 57.9 return. I have 4 miles EV left in case I need to run to the store tonight. So far that's great! I'm going to try driving faster one day and see how that changes things. Also, I did not use climate system at all. Winter is probably going to ruin my plan!

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum, new to the Energi (2015), new job, and unfortunately a new longer commute. My last commute was 3 miles (each way) in a Jeep Wrangler. I bought a Fusion Energi for my new 50 mile (each way) commute. My wife has a 2010 Fusion Hybrid so I'm familiar with some of the driving techniques, but I could really use some advice from drivers that have a long daily work commute in the Energi. Thanks in advance for the help. All of my data has been rounded, and I'm not looking to squeeze every last MPG out of this car. My goal is to save the most money I can without analyzing this 100 ways to Sunday. I understand that the variables (like traffic, weather, elevation changes, tire pressure, my weight, cargo weight, etc.) I'm leaving out of my data could radically change your advice. That being said, I am not including that data to prevent a debate about specifics since I only need high level advice from people that are long commuters. There are 4 routes that I can use for my commute. What do you think? 50 miles - 60MPH avg speed - 50 mins - 40 miles hwy / 10 miles city - Low potential for bad traffic 45 miles - 50MPH avg speed - 54 mins - 30 miles hwy / 15 miles city - Potential for backed up traffic or congestion 45 miles - 55MPH avg speed - 50 mins - 35 miles hwy / 10 miles city - Highest potential for heavy traffic and accidents 40 miles - 30MPH avg speed - 80 mins - City and country road blend - Stop and go traffic, but low potential for traffic jams What is the "X factor" to saving money in this car? or What are the top three "X factors" for saving money in this car?