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Replying to: jbollt (Aug 23, 2006 11:03 am) We are not sure if it is useful for the HH because there are other ways of getting a good strong charge when we come to a stop. The strong charge lets us move off on full electric when traffic allows. The rest of the time, we just maintain power in the zebra region and the drive computer takes care of the rest. Just for fun, to do this no-flow thing: 1. First we work the accelerator to achieve full-electric mode. Remember to get on a long flat stretch. 2. Slightly easing the accelerator just a hair. The NAV diagram will likely show the battery turning off and Regenrative Braking charging the cells. THis tells us we just found the two end-points. 3. Now we gently press the accelerator, not as far down as #1 but just a hair further than #2. Somewhere in there, the flows stop and the car just rolls. It takes a very light sensitive touch and not easy for me to achieve so I do not do it muh. It is fun to try and practice when we happen onto a stretch of flat road. As Terry said above, don't obssess over this like me, I am just doing it for fun  .
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Replying to: cdptrap (Aug 23, 2006 2:35 pm) 
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Replying to: terry92270 (Aug 23, 2006 3:17 pm) . I think the host may come down on us soon .
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Replying to: cdptrap (Aug 23, 2006 4:58 pm)  Insofar as the "Hosts"....I am sure they keep in mind a sense of humor is better than flaming.  You're a good sport, CDPTrap.
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Replying to: terry92270 (Aug 23, 2006 5:06 pm) (Just kidding... how could we work here without a sense of humor?) |
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Replying to: carz89 (Aug 14, 2005 9:08 pm) Many fuel tanks have odd shapes to them, making a linear fuel gage hard to come by. You are used to the uniform shapes seen in liquid storage tanks such as in a power plant.
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Replying to: typesix (Aug 24, 2006 11:42 am) A reply, even if almost a year later, is better than none!
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I think that the concept of "No Flow" arrows is more worthwhile if you live in flat areas. I live in Colorado and never worry about recharging my battery - no matter where I'm going, I'll always have several periods of at least a gentle downslope and, in some cases quite steep. The battery recharges rather than using my brakes too much so I just let that take care of itself. I do try to stay in "EV" mode as much as possible, again because I know I'll get the regen, but those inevitable uphill slopes usually put paid to that too. Purchased last August, already at 30K miles, lifetime MPG is 27.8 - I get 29.5-30 easily in the warmer months, winter kills that. (manually calculated - I have the base model without any average mpg display) |
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I went out today to see what's my HiHy fuel economy capability. As I drove, a couple of vehicles passed me and I just overtook them. It messed out my MPG to 20. I reset it and drove back home. As I reached home the reading was 62.2 MPG. More than one mile of was on electric mode.
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Replying to: peralta (Aug 25, 2006 3:37 pm) If the engine is already running, I had to release the gas until the engine stops then reapply gas in the electric zone. Sometimes it requires many attempts since the computer adapts to your driving habbits. If I drove agressively, the engine tends to stay running longer and even when I am fully stopped. I noticed that if I used full electric at the last part of my trip, the average MPG significantly climbed up. The electric mode also has lots of torque but is not fast. I can climb at a very steep incline at my driveway in full electric. Just resist he urge to press farther on the gas. The elcttric mode will get you there slowly but surely. |
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