[JujufromNYC]

Been fiddling for a while with the eco pro setting and finally getting more understanding of it, when i first picked up the truck mileage wouldnt pass 340-360 miles….a month later and its in the 500’s

Any of you played around with the Eco Pro ??

[nZtiZia]

i have the X5 45e. [Hybrid] Eco Pro is also the most fuel-efficient drive mode

[JujufromNYC]

Originally Posted by nZtiZia

i have the X5 45e. [Hybrid] Eco Pro is also the most fuel-efficient drive mode

Im want to see how much of a range would it give.

[nZtiZia]

Originally Posted by JujufromNYC

Im want to see how much of a range would it give.

in Hybrid (standard), Adaptive, or Sport drive modes, i see between 22-27mpg which extrapolates to about 400-490 miles. in Hybrid Eco Pro, it's about 530 miles. note that the 45e's fuel tank is smaller than the M50i's

[Shareandenjoy]

I have played with it last summer (30d), on a 2000km trip holiday, lot of motorways. Well, the difference at the end has been really minimal, probably 5% of range increase. I have not read the instructions but to me, the only thing it does, is to change gears at a lower RPM and lower the power of AC...which in hotel Italian summers is not ideal, hence the tradeoff with 5% gain is not enough.

Just my point of view of course, you guys may have lot of more tech insights.

[TexAg91]

Yes, I use it all the time. I’ve taken 1 road trip to date. A 700 mile round trip in one day.

My speed was 70-75 mph and I started with a fully charged battery and I drove in hybrid eco pro mode using the BMW navigation. On the first tank, with a full battery, I averaged 31.5 MPG and drove 465 miles before I refueled with about 80 miles of range remaining. So I could have easily gone more than 500 miles on the first tank.

Obviously I could not have gone that far on the second tank, but I still kept it in eco pro and averaged 27 MPG on the second tank at 70-75 MPG.

As I understand from reading the owners manuel, eco pro when used with the BMW native Navigation will optimize the use of the available electric power (to assist on hills, and low speed driving) to minimize fuel consumption.

[tooloud10]

I always drive in Adaptive mode in my 45e. What will I notice as different if I start driving in Hybrid mode?

[IAmSpeed]

The range has a lot to do with the driving style, we should look for the best mpg

[BlkGS]

Eco pro annoys me. It's way slow in eco pro mode.

[eelnoraa]

Throttle responsiveness is also slow, wife said car is like in limp mode

[JujufromNYC]

Originally Posted by tooloud10

I always drive in Adaptive mode in my 45e. What will I notice as different if I start driving in Hybrid mode?

I really havent messed with adaptive but from confort to Eco, throttle response is less captive and aggresive, shifts are smoother and at lower RPM range.

[JujufromNYC]

Originally Posted by BlkGS

Eco pro annoys me. It's way slow in eco pro mode.

Heche the ECO name, its meant to drive at a resonablr speed and consume less Petrol as possible

[JujufromNYC]

Originally Posted by eelnoraa

Throttle responsiveness is also slow, wife said car is like in limp mode

My girlfriend says the same , “oh why does it drive slow” lol she punched it and kicked her back in the seat and it the only Mode ahe drives in now

[JujufromNYC]

Originally Posted by TexAg91

Yes, I use it all the time. I’ve taken 1 road trip to date. A 700 mile round trip in one day.

My speed was 70-75 mph and I started with a fully charged battery and I drove in hybrid eco pro mode using the BMW navigation. On the first tank, with a full battery, I averaged 31.5 MPG and drove 465 miles before I refueled with about 80 miles of range remaining. So I could have easily gone more than 500 miles on the first tank.

Obviously I could not have gone that far on the second tank, but I still kept it in eco pro and averaged 27 MPG on the second tank at 70-75 MPG.

As I understand from reading the owners manuel, eco pro when used with the BMW native Navigation will optimize the use of the available electric power (to assist on hills, and low speed driving) to minimize fuel consumption.

Im looking forward to a long trip, im driving to Florida this spring (im in NY) so its a 1,600 ish trip one way….so lets see what the mgs look like on the road

[nZtiZia]

Originally Posted by tooloud10

I always drive in Adaptive mode in my 45e. What will I notice as different if I start driving in Hybrid mode?

not much, really. these two were so similar in the 45e that engineers thought one was redundant, so they removed Adaptive drive mode on the 50e.

[TexAg91]

Originally Posted by JujufromNYC

My girlfriend says the same , “oh why does it drive slow” lol she punched it and kicked her back in the seat and it the only Mode ahe drives in now

Funny…My wife doesn’t like eco mode because it turns the LED lights blue….apparently color is important 😏

[mushy_musashi]

Originally Posted by TexAg91

Funny…My wife doesn’t like eco mode because it turns the LED lights blue….apparently color is important 😏

It is! That why i disabled the ambient light changing based on drive mode, so my colors stay the say regardless of eco/comfort/sport mode that is being used.