My way too early results

[lokicat]

Took delivery on 4/16 and only 200 miles driven but here are my results so far:

 

Why I bought - mainly for my daily commute which is 46 miles round trip. I hope to have charging provided at my work place in the the near future, but for now, only charge at home.

 

How I measured - used trip calculators for each test which gave me fuel and energy consumption for each trip.

 

Test 1 - Full battery in Auto EV mode. Climate on auto and set to 70 with morning commute at 54 F and evening commute at 68.

 

0.6 gallons used and 5.5 Kwh consumed. At my current gas and energy rates, this came out to 65.7 MPGe

 

Test 2 - Hybrid mode only. climate on auto set to 70 with morning commute at 52 F and evening commute at 72.

 

1 gallon used and 0 Kwh consumed (meaning only used what the car generated) so this is 46 MPGe

 

Test 2 was by accident. I was playing around with Go Times and Value Charging and somehow the car did not charge at all after Test 1 so I had no choice lol. Still, 46 MPG is pretty nice!

 

My commute is roughly 50% city and 50% highway. My morning commute has very low traffic, but my evening commute is a lot of stop and go traffic on the highway so it's basically 100% city driving. My other car is a standard Prius so I'm fairly experienced in driving habits to maximize MPG.

 

Overall, I'm very pleased with the results and look forward to better numbers after break in period. Plus, I currently have the car outside the garage during charge and the cold temps are limiting some of the charge. Once I rearrange the garage (for the charger), I'm sure I'll get an extra couple miles on EV.

 

[rbseem]

That sounds very similar to my commute distance wise, but I'm about 80% highway and 20% city.  In the morning I'm getting about 20 miles all EV and use about 0.1 gallons of gas.  In the evening I use about 0.5 gallons and average between 45-50 mpg's.  I wonder if it would be better for you to use the EV later feature and use all EV on your commute home, since the charge will last longer when you drive in stop and go traffic.  Just a thought to maximize your mpg's.

[lokicat]

That sounds very similar to my commute distance wise, but I'm about 80% highway and 20% city.  In the morning I'm getting about 20 miles all EV and use about 0.1 gallons of gas.  In the evening I use about 0.5 gallons and average between 45-50 mpg's.  I wonder if it would be better for you to use the EV later feature and use all EV on your commute home, since the charge will last longer when you drive in stop and go traffic.  Just a thought to maximize your mpg's.

 

I'll definitely give that a try. I do feel the AC coming on during the drive back home whereas morning, I don't think the heater is running too much. It's still amazing. My Prius with AC on gets about 48 MPG and 53 without AC.