Dennisw

I will if the price is not insane as it is on the Volt.

I just noticed that this post was on MPH and can you get higher than 32 MPH in the city. Sorry the first time I read this I was talking MPG. To answer MPH I can easily go over 40 MPH in the city or ay other road that I slow below 47 MPH. To drive above 40 mph it is best to accelerate to the desired speed and then let off to go in EV mode. If you try to accelerate from a stop or even while driving slow in EV mode you will very seldom have enough stored energy to reach 40 MPH. This method of accelerating to desired speed below 47 mph is the trick to getting higher mileage numbers in the city. It just takes far to much energy to get this car rolling in EV mode and it wastes the charge of your battery. Momentum is your friend when using EV the further you go in EV the less gas you will burn. You can go maybe a block or two in EV mode going from a stop up to speed, or you can go over two miles using no gas in EV mode after you gain forward momentum. It is also better for the cars driving behind you if you go with the flow with a moderate rate of acceleration. I'm not talking about jump starts like the average driver uses, just moderately above a light start up. The key is go as far as you can burning no gas in EV and to not be wasteful while you are burning gas. Learn to store as much charge as possible and use it wisely after you store it up. No hyper mileing tricks are needed to get 40-50 mpg in town. Remember all this depends on the amount of stored energy you have in your battery, it is not all cut and dry. It is easy to achieve once you understand how every thing works. The further you stretch your miles driven while using no gas the better your mpg numbers, unless of course you are being wasteful when you are in the fuel burning mode, which is where you spend most of your time.

You are right it has a larger battery amount other things but it still has a gas engine for charging while driving. I'm sure it will be easy to get over 100 mpg. Price will be the make or breaker, unless gas gets extremely expensive. The Volt is far over priced or I would have one, but not feasible at that cost. Tax credits are great but you still have to finance the total cost which is a deal breaker for most people.

These two vehicles are making me have second thoughts about turning my FFH into a plug as was my plan after the warranty expired or gas is 8 dollars a gallon whichever comes first. I like the CMax, the price is going to determine it all for me.

It's not that it's pretty easy, it's insanely easy, you don't even have to try. There are many bad habits that I have witnessed on this site from what people have posted. There are to many very small tips that would just take to many words and people would just argue. The funny thing about that is they are the ones that just can't get the numbers. I think I will get 100,000 miles before I will ever have a tank under 40 mpg.

Plug in is great but a plain hybrid is much better than a normal Fusion and gets double and better the mileage of gas 4cyl or 6cyl. I will never go back to none hybrid vehicle, I'm not a tree hugger just know a good thing when I see it. The arguments against hybrid are all baseless and very mis leading. Ford should do something about all the dealers that down talk the hybrids just so they can sell a vehicle. I had problems with very bad sales people at both Ford and Toyota dealers. I walked out at two dealers because of false and misleading information. I would get my wife all into the hybrid idea only to have sales people talk her out of it. Now she is extremely happy with her 40+ in town mileage and not getting gas some times for months. This tank is pushing 700 miles with 1/4 tank remaining.

I have NEVER gotten under 40 mpg in the 33,000+ miles on my FFH. My all time mileage average is 43.4 this is calculated not from the computer. If you can not get over 40 mpg in the city you have terible driving habits. Just pay attention to EV mode and drive in EV whenever possible this is not hard to do. No hyper mileing is required to get 40's. Getting 40'son the highway is also very easy. I have not one doubt in my mind that I could drive your car in your town and never get under 40 mpg. All you need to do is drive moderate and not try to be the first to every light, take off moderately and back off to stay with traffic while driving in EV this is easy at any speed under 45mph. If you can not get in the 50's in town you should just sell the car and get a gas only car.

I'm sure the speed is related to more factors than just the battery, but who cares. Can't see going for a Volt over the 2013 Fusion no comparison in quality or looks, the Ford wins hands down on all counts. As for 62 mph big deal you can't tell the difference from 65 mph and most people don't drive 65 mph anyway they are far above that limit, so no matter what at 65 you would be one of the slow vehicles out there anyway and what's the problem with that. Three mph on most local trips will not get you anwhere any faster. It seems no matter what any designer does now days there are people than pick things apart.

If they price it any thing like the volt it's doomed from the start. Paying for a bigger battery should not at that much to the bottom line.

I have a 2010 FFH and I have averaged 43 mpg in the 18 months of ownership. My lowest tank was 40.3 mpg and high was 55.8, I would go for the energi in a heart beat, but I paid cash for mine and I don't want to lose all that money. Like my wife said as soon as we get one they improve so ours is old news. My question is why didn't they go this route first. I'm sure I could get over 500mpg average in the energi without a doubt in my mine.