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Originally Posted by GS2019
There are various modes:
- EV - pure electric gets ~30 miles on full charge
How does each of these modes truly work:
- Hybrid with full charge and only some charge
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Hybrid is basically full electric unless your speed or acceleration is high enough that the system decides to use the ice engine. The threshold seems to be around 80 mph. Harder acceleration can also activate the ice engine, which can be seen on the power display that replaces the tach.
On Hybrid mode when there is 0 range, the car drives using the ice engine and will regenerate range.
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How many average MPG does these modes provide?
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Impossible to say because it depends on if your ice engages at all. On the vast majority of my drives, the ice never engages or does so only briefly as I pass someone. So the mpg is effectively infinite. I'm still 80% full on the gas tank my car came with from the dealer.
But someone else whose daily commute is on a highway where they can hit 90, they'll be using the ice engine mostly.