Skippy477
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- John
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- 2021 Wrangler Sahara 4xe
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I bought my 4xe last week at a dealer about 80 miles from home. When I took delivery there was 10 gallons in the tank (per the dealer) and 75% battery charge. When I got home, I had 88 miles on the odometer and it displayed an estimated 22 mpg. I thought this seemed low, but it was mostly gas driving over that distance and I was going about 70 mph most of the time. Since then, however, I have driven 100% electric and I'm up to 290 miles on the odometer but it still only estimates 26.1 mpg. This is mathematically impossible.
That initial 88 miles at 22 mpg works out to exactly 4 gallons used (assuming it was accurate, which I now doubt). Since then I've driven an additional 192 miles and used 0 gallons. That means the display should show 72.5 mpg (again, assuming the initial MPG was accurate). For me to only have 26.1 mpg, I'd have to have used another 6.8 gallons or a total of 10.8 since I drove it off the lot, but there was only 10 gallons in it so I would have run out of gas by now (I still have half a tank and it hasn't budged since I got it home).
Are they trying to somehow estimate the MPGe of the electric miles? If so, it's pretty annoying and almost certainly of no value since that number is completely made up and varies highly by electric source. Since my electric supplier uses 100% renewable sources my MPGe is infinite anyway.
That initial 88 miles at 22 mpg works out to exactly 4 gallons used (assuming it was accurate, which I now doubt). Since then I've driven an additional 192 miles and used 0 gallons. That means the display should show 72.5 mpg (again, assuming the initial MPG was accurate). For me to only have 26.1 mpg, I'd have to have used another 6.8 gallons or a total of 10.8 since I drove it off the lot, but there was only 10 gallons in it so I would have run out of gas by now (I still have half a tank and it hasn't budged since I got it home).
Are they trying to somehow estimate the MPGe of the electric miles? If so, it's pretty annoying and almost certainly of no value since that number is completely made up and varies highly by electric source. Since my electric supplier uses 100% renewable sources my MPGe is infinite anyway.
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