Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
#11
Re: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
Hey Guys!
I noticed you hypermilers picked "a smooth section of I65" for your experiment. Does this mean "flat" or was there an incline involved?
I own an Escape Hybrid in the Denver area, and I get MUCH better results in hilly terrain. With EPA ratings of City 36 and Highway 33 I can get up to 56 MPG in hilly terrain, and the best I have done on flat highways is 50 MPG. This is doing about 40 - 45 MPH. Do you think the mass ( 4000 pounds for my car ) helps me get more regenerative power on the way down, ( as a relative percentage ) than you guys with the little "light" cars? Also, my FEH has much more wind drag than the Prius or Insight, slowing me down more than you guys. I recently went almost from Las Vegas to Denver on one tank, in a 4,000 pound SUV, on 14 gallons of gas. Not bad at all ( I think! )
-John
I noticed you hypermilers picked "a smooth section of I65" for your experiment. Does this mean "flat" or was there an incline involved?
I own an Escape Hybrid in the Denver area, and I get MUCH better results in hilly terrain. With EPA ratings of City 36 and Highway 33 I can get up to 56 MPG in hilly terrain, and the best I have done on flat highways is 50 MPG. This is doing about 40 - 45 MPH. Do you think the mass ( 4000 pounds for my car ) helps me get more regenerative power on the way down, ( as a relative percentage ) than you guys with the little "light" cars? Also, my FEH has much more wind drag than the Prius or Insight, slowing me down more than you guys. I recently went almost from Las Vegas to Denver on one tank, in a 4,000 pound SUV, on 14 gallons of gas. Not bad at all ( I think! )
-John
#13
Re: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
Dave's retelling here of my encounter with the cop is as accurate as I remember it in every material way.
As for the terrain, gpsman1, it was by no means flat. There were plenty of small hills to climb and glide down. There were even two or three hills that were unnecessarily large and painful to mpg to be included in the course, but then again, we also got to glide down these hills after climbing them and such hills are a part of everyone's reality (unless you live in some parts of Texas).
Have you all seen the thread started in the Honda Civic Hybrid forum about an HCH Marathon brewing? https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...yone.3077.html
As for the terrain, gpsman1, it was by no means flat. There were plenty of small hills to climb and glide down. There were even two or three hills that were unnecessarily large and painful to mpg to be included in the course, but then again, we also got to glide down these hills after climbing them and such hills are a part of everyone's reality (unless you live in some parts of Texas).
Have you all seen the thread started in the Honda Civic Hybrid forum about an HCH Marathon brewing? https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...yone.3077.html
Last edited by rjbarlow; 08-09-2005 at 07:58 AM.
#14
Re: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
Either computation method has imperfections because the inputs lack absolute certainty. The average of the 2 methods, for what it is worth, is 110.03 mpg. We can live with that.
Quote:
Originally Posted by xcel (in another thread)
Hi All:
Cumulative FE after 12 drivers and ~ 48 RT segments: 2248.7 Km at 46.52 Km/L or 1397.3 Miles @ 109.4 mpg per the SuperMID.
Cumulative FE per Prius II installed odometer and fuel from station + gas can – gas to drive to the station: 1397.3/12.627 gallons (11.738 from the station + .93 gallons from a gas can after run out - .0409) = 1397.3 Miles @ 110.66 mpg
___Wayne
Quote:
Originally Posted by xcel (in another thread)
Hi All:
Cumulative FE after 12 drivers and ~ 48 RT segments: 2248.7 Km at 46.52 Km/L or 1397.3 Miles @ 109.4 mpg per the SuperMID.
Cumulative FE per Prius II installed odometer and fuel from station + gas can – gas to drive to the station: 1397.3/12.627 gallons (11.738 from the station + .93 gallons from a gas can after run out - .0409) = 1397.3 Miles @ 110.66 mpg
___Wayne
#16
Re: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
Originally Posted by rjbarlow
Either computation method has imperfections because the inputs lack absolute certainty. The average of the 2 methods, for what it is worth, is 110.03 mpg. We can live with that.
Quote:
Originally Posted by xcel (in another thread)
Hi All:
Cumulative FE after 12 drivers and ~ 48 RT segments: 2248.7 Km at 46.52 Km/L or 1397.3 Miles @ 109.4 mpg per the SuperMID.
Cumulative FE per Prius II installed odometer and fuel from station + gas can – gas to drive to the station: 1397.3/12.627 gallons (11.738 from the station + .93 gallons from a gas can after run out - .0409) = 1397.3 Miles @ 110.66 mpg
___Wayne
Quote:
Originally Posted by xcel (in another thread)
Hi All:
Cumulative FE after 12 drivers and ~ 48 RT segments: 2248.7 Km at 46.52 Km/L or 1397.3 Miles @ 109.4 mpg per the SuperMID.
Cumulative FE per Prius II installed odometer and fuel from station + gas can – gas to drive to the station: 1397.3/12.627 gallons (11.738 from the station + .93 gallons from a gas can after run out - .0409) = 1397.3 Miles @ 110.66 mpg
___Wayne
Dave Bassage
#17
Re: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
Did you all realize The Associated Press is distributing your story?
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=v...y&storyid=4444
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=v...y&storyid=4444
#18
Re: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
Some more new outlets:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...nG=Search+News
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...nG=Search+News
#19
Re: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
Dont forget about the article I wrote as well:
http://hybridcars.about.com/od/news/a/100mpgrecord.htm
http://hybridcars.about.com/od/news/a/100mpgrecord.htm
#20
Re: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark
Fantastic!
It's through tremendous efforts like this that we all see what can be done. Also the publicity will tend to encourage more drivers to seek higher efficiency in car selection - hopefully spurring manufacturers to provide better and more choices.
Congratulations guys.
It's through tremendous efforts like this that we all see what can be done. Also the publicity will tend to encourage more drivers to seek higher efficiency in car selection - hopefully spurring manufacturers to provide better and more choices.
Congratulations guys.