bigalpha Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 This is the elevation profile on my commute to work. This explains why why my FE jumps significantly on my way home. I already kind of knew this, but was unaware of the actual profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Yep, I have about a ~600 ft ascent and descent that I didn't know about. It all looks flat to me - when it is not. So...make hay when the sunshine and baton the hatches on the way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalpha Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Yeah, I assumed that my commute essentially balanced out to zero (at least until the 50 mile mark); I was sadly mistaken. I get 33-35mpg on the way there, and 45+ on the way back. The car shows around 40mpg (+/- 2). One day if I get a job closer to home, I will be able to fill up once every week or two instead of every 2 or 3 days. Edited September 10, 2013 by bigalpha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Yeah, I assumed that my commute essentially balanced out to zero (at least until the 50 mile mark); I was sadly mistaken. I get 33-35mpg on the way there, and 45+ on the way back. The car shows around 40mpg (+/- 2). One day if I get a job closer to home, I will be able to fill up once every week or two instead of every 2 or 3 days.Thats is surprising you only get 45 MPG on the way down, you have 40 miles of downslope...what am I not seeing? Freeway right? You should be all EV from 4200ft back down to 2503. Also, you must be climbing the mountain at 65mph to get those low 30s MPG? Man - that is a brutal climb...perhaps a diesel may be the next car, no hybrid is going to save you from the mountain..well, may be a Tesla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalpha Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Well, the elevation change occurs over quite a distance (~75miles) so it's pretty gradual. The vast majority of my drive is highway/interstate (65 on highway, 75 on interstate). The first couple of miles in in-town driving and the last couple of miles is literally on the side of a mountain.Yes, if we keep our current jobs for a long time, we might have to transition into a diesel. When does someone release a diesel hybrid? Seems the best of both worlds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Well, the elevation change occurs over quite a distance (~75miles) so it's pretty gradual. The vast majority of my drive is highway/interstate (65 on highway, 75 on interstate). The first couple of miles in in-town driving and the last couple of miles is literally on the side of a mountain. Yes, if we keep our current jobs for a long time, we might have to transition into a diesel. When does someone release a diesel hybrid? Seems the best of both worlds... I thought one was coming out real soon...vw or something? someone will post it up...I thought I saw something on one of those green car sites, but I am not a green nutz. Not yet anyway. Out of curiosity, do you hypermiler the downhill stretchs aka P&G or do you just stick it on eco-cruise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adair Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 This is the elevation profile on my commute to work. This explains why why my FE jumps significantly on my way home. I already kind of knew this, but was unaware of the actual profile.Yikes!! Where do you work? On top of Mt. Lemon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalpha Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Jus - I definitely just use Eco Cruise. No way would I have the ability to hypermile for 3 hours a day. Adair - I love in Tucson and work at Ft Huachuca. If you've been down there, you know Ft Huachuca is literally on the side of a mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adair Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 I lived there for a short time many years ago. Suffered from *green withdrawal* and had to spend a lot of time up on Mt. Lemon. Jus - I definitely just use Eco Cruise. No way would I have the ability to hypermile for 3 hours a day.Adair - I love in Tucson and work at Ft Huachuca. If you've been down there, you know Ft Huachuca is literally on the side of a mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalpha Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 I could never live there (way too isolated) but it gets pretty friggin' green during monsoon season. Of course, I moved here from TN so I don't mind missing the green :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtshinn Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 How do you get that chart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbov Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 How do you get that chart?http://fordcmaxhybridforum.com/topic/2875-tool-for-the-third-dimension-mapping-route-altitude/ Try this... and let us know how you do! HAve fun,Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbov Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Thats is surprising you only get 45 MPG on the way down, you have 40 miles of downslope...what am I not seeing? ...Same question in my mind, but right along side "Have you done the PCM update yet?" Recall 13B07? Pre-update, ICE is on above 63, and I can't see a) keeping it below 63 on the way down and b) want to when you have a 180 minute commute. HAv efun,Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalpha Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Yes, I have had the recall performed on 8/14 at 9806 miles. I'm now at 13077 miles. I have a while to put more miles on it to see the difference between pre-update and post-update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnitGTS Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Eco-cruise is part of your problem, if you don't want to pulse & glide all the way home why don't you try tapping down on the speed setting 1 mph when in eco-cruise to induce EV mode on some of the hills? Even with gradual downhills EV can hold on a pretty good distance. When I was coming home from my vacation I held 65 mph for 12 miles on Rt. 80 East at the Pennsylvania / New Jersey border. If that doesn't work are you willing to slow down a little? A 10 mph difference is huge on the gas mileage at higher speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalpha Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Well, I only drive one-way (to work) and my wife drives the other way (from work). It's probably safer if I didn't attempt to have her monitor the current speed vs. kicking the car into EV mode. Also, We usually drive right around 77, and I haven't seen any increase going from 77-78 to 75. That extra 15 minutes we save going 78 as opposed to 65 is valuable since we leave home at 0600 and get back at 1830. Every minute counts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnitGTS Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Understood on both points... Have you thought about switching so that she drives there and you drive home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalpha Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 We have switched out a few times and the FE wasn't drastically different - mostly because we both use the Eco Cruise instead of trying to continuously monitor our EV usage while driving. If my commute was shorter, I'd definitely be game for it but that's a lot of work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMoon Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 What a fantastic tool, thanks for the heads-up! Found some very interesting things about my commute - while the overall elevation change isn't very much (~70 ft), there are some significant hills and climbs, and it generally trends uphill to work and downhill to home. I tend to get 1-2mpg better going home, which fits with these data! To Work: From Work: I do take a slightly different route home, but it only differs by about a mile or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 Well since everyone else is posting theirs: Short but sweet. I usually get about 44MPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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