High ICE still useable with 13B07

[RaPieR]

Tried this out today. Even with higher ev threshold provided by the PCM update you can still do high ICE techinque by blipping the throttle.

[jhritz]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?  You have the computer update with the 85mph EV limit.

 

Are you tipping in slightly on every downgrade?  Or whenever it tries to go into EV?

[fotomoto]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? 

 

High ICE mode:  http://fordcmaxhybridforum.com/topic/1728-explain-ice-high-mode/?p=15761

 

The new FE update was/is feared to possibly remove this condition. 

[RaPieR]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?  You have the computer update with the 85mph EV limit.

 

Are you tipping in slightly on every downgrade?  Or whenever it tries to go into EV?

If you look at the engine load bar in the "Empower View" during highway cruising above 63MPH, if the engine load drops below the "1 bar" mark, EV will engage and ICE will shut off.  This could occur if you're going down a hill.  The car will continue to use EV even as the road levels out as long as the battery has enough power and engine load doesn't pass the 2nd bar.  

 

What I've found is instead of letting the car stay in EV and draining the battery, once the engine load passes the first bar in EV mode if you lightly blip the throttle to go pass the max load range of the electric motor the car will stay in ICE until engine load drops near the 1 mark again.  By doing this, you can use EV going down hills and use high ICE when the road levels out again.

 

The thread listed by fotomoto has more detailed information about high ICE.

[NW_Biker]

Freeway driving and high ICE is very easy to achieve.  This is the best way to maximize freeway speeds mpg:

 

#1) Goal: keep battery charged as high as possible.  The c-max will do this automatically when ever it gets run down low enough charging takes precedent.

 

#2)  Use cruise control.   When driving, as the freeway rises and tops over a hill the EV mode kicks in.  As long as, it is below one bar its not using much of the battery so this mode is fine.

 

#3) rounding into a flat section from a downhill EV mode continues and it will rise about 1 bar.  At this moment, give a quick engine rev on the gas peddle.  the ICE kicks on...and stays on.  Generating that high ICE mpg we all like.