fbov Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 ... do you guys have a trick on how to keep the cruising bar out of the yellow on the highway???Drive on different roads! First, here's some test data to give you some idea what the car can do. Advanced Vehicle Testing at Idaho National Laboratory is a nice resource for hybrid performance data. Second page is lots of interesting!https://avt.inl.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hev/fact2013fordc-maxhybrid.pdf Second, I get much better highway mileage driving in Ohio than I do in NY. There's a perfect blend of hill length and grade somewhere that lets you charge on the way up and glide on the way down... in both directions. NYS is too flat, and the hills so steep the battery's dead at the top. Might be different were we in the age of the "double nickel." 59 MPH has half the drag of 70 MPH, but you'll get run over at anything slower! Learning to love back roads was a bit part of becoming a hybrid driver. Frank Britishrocco and C-MaxSea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptjones Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 One of the advantages of drafting, speeders don't bother you other than slipping in front of you Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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