Real World Gas Mileage

Price doesn't help enough, how many gallons were used ?


Rob43

 

As Rob said, so what was your real-world gas milage on your PRIME? lol

 

Congrats!! I love mine, too. We got it in early March. If not for our 6,000+ mile vacation trip, I'd still be on my second tank with 4,500+ non-vacation trip miles. On the trip, we faced 30-50 mph headwinds going across NM and part of AZ as well as all of NE and IA. Two people and the rest of the car full of our stuff. 56.6 mpg anyway thanks to getting ridiculously good mileage in the mountains of AZ, NM, and CO on the northbound leg.

 

So if you charge the battery before you run out of gas does that extend your range? What was your range on a tank?

 

It does for me. On my last tank I went 2416 miles.

But charging the battery on the Prime does not change the distance to zero guestimate on the car's computer. That's based solely on thee remaining gas and the historical rate of use. This is a change from the previous generation (PiP) which included battery range in the distance to zero.

 

Thank you Jerry! I was just looking for "extreme" hypothetical as an inclusive one trip estimate. Assuming you are charging at home to get 2416 miles on one tank? If you are getting this w/out recharging at home, I'll be damned! lol

 

there's not much point to trying to charge the primes 30 mile range to extend a trip. the range is around 600 miles. just fill up when you have to, and charge when you can, its a phev

 

590 miles - Maryland to Montreal, used only 50% of fully charged battery each way. Parking garage in Montreal had free charging, so zero fuel around town

Highway milage with car in Hybrid Mode:
59 mpg north bound
65 mpg south bound