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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
That seems like a remarkably high proportion of EV mode driving.
Does the car count distance covered while engine-off-coasting as "EV miles"?
Or were all of those 3900 "EV miles" achieved with the electric motor consuming energy to propel the car?
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I believe so. I know the regen miles are listed separately. In my case, 245 miles were listed as regen miles.
It is surprising how little the engine actually runs.
One thing to add;
When the engine is running and charging the pack, the mileage is incredibly low most of the time. I have seen 46hp on my scangauge driving 35 mph on a flat road. This was when the battery was very low requiring a large amount of power to recharge. When the engine is running and battery is full (like above 65mph on the highway), the mpg is very high.
It seems to me that this car was designed to pull a lot of power from the engine to quickly recharge the pack, then run EV for long periods of time.
Matt