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Originally Posted by cat3dual
Just completed my first roadtrip in the 50e.
Distance traveled: 344.8 miles
Gals of fuel used: 10.322
MPG: 33.4 (spot on with the car's calculation)
Battery % at start: 100%
Battery % at end: 8%
Estimated kWh used: 18.4
Electric cost: $2.23 (assuming 10% charging efficiency loss and 11 cents/kWh)
Driven entirely in the default Hybrid mode. Destination set in Nav so battery was sparingly used until remaining distance to go was within the electric-only range at which time the car used exclsuively electric and I arrived with an estimated 3 miles of remaining electric-only range.
Mostly 65-75 mph just cruising. No aggressive overtakes/passing. 600 ft overall drop in elevation. Half of the drive was in light to moderate rain. First half temp in the 50s. Second half in the 70s. Headwinds/tailwinds pretty much cancelled out.
I would imagine on longer drives where the electric-only portion is a smaller percentage of the total distance travelled, the MPG would be more reflective of a mostly B58 propulsion and settle-in somewhere around 29-30 mpg.
1,200 mile ICE break-in completed with this trip. So, looking forward to exceeding 4,500 rpm!
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Super helpful, thorough post. Appreciate you sharing.