G-StarRock
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After 1 month of ownership and putting on 1100 fun miles with different drive modes (Hybrid, Electric and Esave) I think I’ve finally figured out how to drive in the true Hybrid mode in order to maximize the mpg number.
This thread is not for the folks that have put on 1000+ miles driving around town and charging 6x a day to put all electric miles and get 50 plus mpg average.
This thread is for folks using their truck for daily commutes and putting on 80 plus miles daily with no time to stop for 2hrs charge while commuting.
Driving in manual mode M8 while the Jeep is in Hybrid you get a true hybrid performance. It runs on both electric and gas using the two intelligently for 80 miles until the time electric runs out. The pics should speak the whole story. On ‘pure’ hybrid which drives on manual M8 I got 31+ mpg and when in auto mode with hybrid I got 22+ mpg. I love how M8 intelligently uses electric and gas.
Now the question is - why did Jeep not think of this? Just like you need to turn on auto regen - now to drive full Hybrid you need to drive in M8 mode?
This thread is not for the folks that have put on 1000+ miles driving around town and charging 6x a day to put all electric miles and get 50 plus mpg average.
This thread is for folks using their truck for daily commutes and putting on 80 plus miles daily with no time to stop for 2hrs charge while commuting.
Driving in manual mode M8 while the Jeep is in Hybrid you get a true hybrid performance. It runs on both electric and gas using the two intelligently for 80 miles until the time electric runs out. The pics should speak the whole story. On ‘pure’ hybrid which drives on manual M8 I got 31+ mpg and when in auto mode with hybrid I got 22+ mpg. I love how M8 intelligently uses electric and gas.
Now the question is - why did Jeep not think of this? Just like you need to turn on auto regen - now to drive full Hybrid you need to drive in M8 mode?
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