optimum speed for optimum mileage?????

[bagwell]

sorry if this is a re-post....

someone told me 60-60mph in 4th gear?????????????

[Guillermo]

You will get much better mileage closer to 40 mph in 5th gear.

[bagwell]

thanks for the reply -- yep, I had a Prius...41 mph = 65MPG

[Dougie]

You can get better mileage by varying your speed using the "pulse and glide" method, according to the experts.

[Insightful Trekker]

Yup, pulse & glide is the _maximum_ MPG technique. With about a 20 MPH average speed. Do it anywhere except on a deserted stretch of road and expect to get run over.

IMO only a proof of concept technique.

[edit typo oops in response to Willies post below. 1 letter in the alphabet & keyboard position different Thanks Willie ]

[Willie Williford]

20 MPG average speed ? Is that in reality OVER 100 MPH?

Willie

[ElectricTroy]

Originally Posted by Dougie

You can get better mileage by varying your speed using the "pulse and glide" method, according to the experts.

What's pulse and glide?

The technique I use is to just hold my foot steady, and watch the Instant MPG Bar to hold it above 100mpg as much as possible. 45-50 mph seems to be the sweet spot (any slower and the engine lacks enough torque to keep the car rolling).

[Billy]

Hi Electric; pulse & glide is just as it sounds --- power, then coast.

For example, last September 6 of us guys used the technique to set a world's record (farthest distant on a tank of gas) We averaged about 165 mpg over 2300 miles. Some segments were about 180 mpg.

We would carefully accelerate to about 29 or 30 mph, then shut the engine off and coast to about 11 mph, then repeat. Managing the IMA was critical, as to avoid depleting the battery and getting a recalibration.

Insightful Trekker is exactly correct----this method is not practical, but just a proof of concept to show what is actually possible.......

[SeanW]

optimum speed for optimum mileage?????

Zero

Sorry, I think I've been reading too many of trunkout's posts!

[Insightful Trekker]

And your beginning to read like him too


More accurately, you push = infinite MPG. I'd doubt many people have more than a few hundred lifetime miles in them. But your MPG of "coolant" and caloric consumption will skyrocket