Getting Better -- 4.0L/100 km

Started keeping an eye on my fuel consumption a couple of weeks ago after reading a few tips I picked up on this site. I have gone from using around 5.3L per 100 km to a low of 4.0L per 100 km today. I put 205 km on my taxi and was pleasantly surprised to end up at 4.0. Haven't taken the time to convert but it would be around 65 mpg.
Owning 2 Prius taxis I have already cut my fuel bill in half and should be able to cut it by 60% with these tips.
A few of my drivers have taken the challenge to keep it below 4.8 L per 100 km. I have promised them a much bigger xmas bonus if they do.
We have 7 Prius on the fleet and some customers are requesting the hybrid cars.
Thanks for the tips and I am shooting for 70 mpg.

 

I have been working on the P&G. I think the fact that I know the city inside out and after 15 years driving taxi I have a pretty good read on the traffic flow. 40 to 50 hours a week does that to you.
Today being Sunday there isn't 1/3 of the traffic that you see on a weekday morning. That made it pretty easy to get some good long glides.
I will be happy if I can keep it around 4.3 L per 100 km on a busy weekday.
That will still be around 62 mpg.
One of my drivers tried the P&G for the first time Saturday night and did 4.5L per 100 km. I was impressed.
I am usually traveling at about 50 to 80 km/hr (30 to 50 mph). No major expressways to deal with. Small city of 150,000.
My customers like the idea of the P&G. I point out to them when the monitor says 0.0 L being burned while we glide. Most don't even notice because when I have a customer in the car I usually only go from 70 down to 60 km before I pulse again.

 

David--- I was wondering what the mileage might be in the winter. We had a record snowfall last winter and with these cars sitting so low in the front I have my concerns. (hard to coast in that lovely white stuff) Shopping for some good winter tires while they are on sale in the summer.
How's Edmonton, I lived 2 blocks from Northlands Park when I was 18 (nice part of town eh!).
You are right about the warm up hit- If I stop for as little as 15 min after going steady for a couple hours I can see a small warm up hit for a few blocks.

 

Fotomickey-- I live about 5000 km east of you in Kingston. Sorry can't help with the best routes.Love Vancouver though, one of the top city's in the world. I have only been a Prius owner for two months also but drive it 40-50 hours a week. Probably easier for me to get good mileage not having to deal with the expressways. Twice a week I might use the 401 and that would be it for traveling faster than 75 km/hr.
When I do the P&G I pulse up to about 7 km/hr faster than the speed I would normally do and when I let off of the gas a bit I give it enough gas to maintain the glide while seeing 0.0 on the monitor. Once I hit about 5km/hr below the speed I usually travel at I pulse again. I found that if I tried to hard to have a black screen I was losing speed to quickly. For now my main concern was maintaining the 0.0 as long as possible. I seem to glide on the flat stretches of the road about 3 to 4 times the distance of the pulse.Seems to work well and I can't wait to get a few more months of P&G under my belt. I keep to about a 15 km/hr variance in speed. I see some people have more variance in speed but I find it is hard to stay with the traffic flow that way.
My cars are up to 24,000 km after 2 months and are at the broken in point where they say gas mileage improves.
The 4.0 was on Sunday and I think it would be tough to do on a weekday.
The owner of the company had me explaining the P&G to some of his drivers. Hard to get them to care enough with him paying the gas bill.
Some will though just for the challenge.

 

Fibb22- good to hear the Prius did ok in the snow.Definitely getting some good snow tires with the car sitting so low in the front.