KDyke

i can see now from pictures of the none f sports having the speedo and accelerator on separate and being able to see when your in echo would be helpful but i don't seem to have this on my car the only way i know when im echo driving is when the ev light is on mainly when going downhill
my drive to work is only short just over 2 miles up hill there and 2 miles down hill back this could be the reason for poor mileage too i guess, but the short trip was my reason to pick a hybrid over a diesel car but i get high 20's on the commute then on weekends and going out i get 30's on longer trips 

On 12/11/2018 at 12:49 AM, wharfhouse said:

EV mode is in a few circumstances useful but it's not a regular driving mode. In my case I use it for:

1. Moving the car around the drive or very short distances so the ICE doesn't start when the engine is cold - to do this you press the Start button and then immediately press the EV button. Light use of the accelerator will let you move around in EV mode for a while. 

2. Leaving the house early - use EV as above and you can get going down the road in silence before the ICE kicks in. 

3. When sat in the drive for a while after starting the car but need to do a few things before setting off - same as above press EV mode and get all that done before the car starts it's ICE when engine is cold. 

4. When stationary - press EV and the car will sit longer before the ICE kicks in to start charging. 

By and large though it's not a driving mode as such - the car will go to EV as much as it thinks is best for economy on its own (more so in Eco mode) so for best economy it's actually better to let the car decide - forcing EV mode can actually be detrimental to economy. I find best way to maximise efficiency is put the car on Eco (this does make a difference in the next step) then accelerate at a reasonable pace and then if under about 45mph live off the accelerator completely for a split second and so long as the engine is warm and the battery has charge the car will go to EV and then feathering the throttle will maintain speed and keep on EV mode for a surprising amount of time. If you have to increase speed generally more efficient to let the ICE start to raise speed reasonably quickly again and then lift and feather for EV running. 

Not sure if it is my car only but when i click EV mode straight away from getting into the car it tells me that it is not available yet, my test drive at lexus i was told the car needs to warm up first before being able to use EV mode

Hello,

I am new here to the forum and thought that this would be the best place to ask about what MPG people are getting in there is300H,
I have had the car now just short of a year and my average MPG is 36 the MPG is Set to UK units now im not too heavy on the accelerator but i do quickly get up to speed then coast as much as possible while trying to keep the car in ev mode when at low speeds around town.
The best mpg i get is 44 and thats on a long trip down to Cornwall about a 240 mile trip for me and thats mostly just on the cruise control
iv been keeping up with servicing the car but im not close to the numbers i got on a test drive model i drove that was around 44-46 round town and just over 50 on a 60 MPH road 

I do understand i have chosen this model with wider rear tyres but are they alone making this much of a difference to my MPG

Also on a side note does anyone use the EV mode as im finding it hard to stay in ev mode i  just keep getting the error of accelerating to fast or that im going to fast to use the ev mode