How to get the most efficient braking score

The car knows. Set the main display to 'i' and scroll down by using the down button on the steering wheel.

 

Good luck with your score! I've learned to ignore it because MPG is all that matters and I don't want to piss off other drivers.

 

Yep. In Dalcon's defense though, his motivation is not the score per se but a desire to keep the ICE off in his work commute.

The answer in his case is 1, no friction braking; and 2, as little regen as possible.



Merged. Use multi quote

 

What EV range per full charge does the car report -- say when you leave for work in the morning ?

 

Yes, that makes pretty good sense:

We think the usable battery capacity is 5.6 kWh, so at 6.1 miles per kWh you should have 5.6*6.1 = 34 miles of range. The ICE warm-up may be adding some EV range that is being included.

Addendum: it also suggests that you will have to reach about 7.3 miles a kWh to drive your work commute on EV only and one full charge. Doable, if you current excellent results have been on wet roads.

 

I do the same, EV then HV on my 72 mi. commute. The ICE needs to warm up then you can use HV battery on slight declines. I use DCC and when on slight declines I pause cruise and immediately turn it back on when the indicator is about 3/16 below line at ECO on monitor. If you keep it under that line you can use HV battery no matter the speed. I can do it at 60-65 (I don't go faster than that). Using the HV on the last leg of my commute, I can get about 3-4 miles (25-35 mph speed limits).

 

Sorry, I don't know what 'designated range' refers to.

An 'empty' battery charged to 'full' will have 5.6 kWh of energy available for EV driving. I put empty and full in quotes because the Prime software does not let the battery discharge or fill up completely. Since the nominal capacity is 8.8 kwh, the Prime is only letting us play with ~ 64%

 

My guess is that your 35 miles of range includes your dip into the HV reserve, and possibly also any charge sent to the battery during the ICE warm-up.

... But perhaps not for the reasons you are considering. I'm a little bit sure that the EV range is calculated by the car as your last trip's miles/kwh value * 5.6 kWh. The inflation in EV range, as it were, is occurring because your miles/kWh is inflated by the dip into the HV reserve and ICE warm up phase. Not much, but maybe a mile or so of EV range you will 'lose' when the ICE stays off.

I've seen about 0.75 miles of EV range added by driving into the HV SoC before the car uses the ICE to knock it back down. I suspect that you are right that the dip into the HV SoC is adding to your miles/kWh value because you arrive home before the ICE kicks in again.

 

I think a fair guess would be ~ 150 Wh

No idea. I'm a peasant with a Prime plus model.

 

Nice!

My Prime is used to drive my 90 mile r/t work commute that is about 80% highway. It takes about one full charge and one gallon for the trip. Like you, my results have been affected by rain and wind in the week I've had the car so I'm somewhat optimistic that some trips will hit 100 mpg as the weather improves. And then stink in the winter ; -)

 

If you normally use at least half your SoC to get to work, you are in fine shape for the return trip.

Good Luck!

p.s., I was thinking about your challenge yesterday in the context of my experience driving Toyota hybrids. Doubling EPA in actual commuting is about the best anyone can do, and it requires a perfect storm of slow driving, good weather, good roads and almost no brake use. 1.8x EPA is the best I usually managed because of poor roads. Using these numbers,

1. Perfect Drive: 50 miles EV range
2. Doable with excellent weather and little traffic: 25*1.8 = 45 miles EV range