Fuel consumption

Nice

 

Did you get a picture? If so, there is a 100 mpg thread to post it to.

 

Congrats!

 

Isn't 100mpg kind of the average for the PIP?

 

Is the HSI the screen that shows you the EV throttle? If so, I reset it every time I fill my gas tank.

Here's my current tank:





I'm not sure what this display is called by I have not reset it since I've purchased the PIP

 

It varies throughout the year, especially if you drive 18,500 miles per year like me. Fewer annual miles could deliver much higher MPG averages or don't like in an extreme climate.

Here's mine, from Minnesota driving...



Winter causes quite an efficiency hit.

 

No. That's mpg, gas only. MPGe would include the energy used in EV mode, with a conversion factor of 1 gallon = 33 kwh or something similar.

 

Again you're confusing terms here. MPGe means miles per gallon equivalent, not miles per gallon with electric assist. You can get 115+ mpg at 65 mph in EV-boost mode because the ICE runs under very light load and the battery+motor provide assistance. The number is high because the electricity used is NOT factored into this number.
Simple experiment: drive 5 miles in EV, then stomp on the accelerator and park the car. Let it run for 10 seconds and shut off. What's the trip mpg readout? Something close to 500 mpg, if not more. If this were MPGe, the Prius would have broken the laws of physics, as the most efficient pure EV gets only 112 MPGe.

 

The real definition for MPGe is:
(total miles) / (total energy used)

Total miles should be obvious.
Total energy used is the sum of gallons of gasoline and kwh (converted to the energy equivalent of gasoline)
The PIP does not calculate a true MPGe...it only gives you miles divided by the gasoline energy used...and in the EV ratio screen it gives you the EV miles and the kwh used

Mike