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I was driving around last night. It's good to be able to check the system with almost no one on the road.
I think i may have figured out the hybrid system. When accelerating, make sure the electric engine kicks in. Get up to speed.. possibly a little past. So if you want to go 45mph go up to 50 and you'll most likely slow to 45. When you hit 50, let off the gas and start applying small amounts of pressure. Don't go too slow or you'll burn fuel again to get to your 45mph. The optimal way to drive is with the gas engine on powering the wheels but turning the generator too to charge the battery. You should be able to figure out where a steady mph point is on the gas. If you'r going 45 and you hold your foot there with no acceleration or deceleration, you should not have a problem with the road being un-even. Here in San Jose, Ca. the roads are pretty flat but dip up and down a bit every once and a while. Driving with the hybrid sytem like this gets you around 50mpg some may see 40+.. if your car is broken in and you are used to this technique you should see a minimal of 60mpg on your screen. Last night when i was traveling, my average for that 15-20 minute ride was around 70mpg. The trick i figure out is this. When charging the battery with the ICE while driving, your mpg keeps going up. When the bettery nears full, the Synergy drive will kick in the electric engine just to burn up some of that extra power in the pack. What you get out of this is your 40+ mpg gas engine now assisted by an electric engine. If anyone can illustrate this, thanks... please do. For those of you who get what i'm saying, try it out and tell me how it goes.
I think i may have figured out the hybrid system. When accelerating, make sure the electric engine kicks in. Get up to speed.. possibly a little past. So if you want to go 45mph go up to 50 and you'll most likely slow to 45. When you hit 50, let off the gas and start applying small amounts of pressure. Don't go too slow or you'll burn fuel again to get to your 45mph. The optimal way to drive is with the gas engine on powering the wheels but turning the generator too to charge the battery. You should be able to figure out where a steady mph point is on the gas. If you'r going 45 and you hold your foot there with no acceleration or deceleration, you should not have a problem with the road being un-even. Here in San Jose, Ca. the roads are pretty flat but dip up and down a bit every once and a while. Driving with the hybrid sytem like this gets you around 50mpg some may see 40+.. if your car is broken in and you are used to this technique you should see a minimal of 60mpg on your screen. Last night when i was traveling, my average for that 15-20 minute ride was around 70mpg. The trick i figure out is this. When charging the battery with the ICE while driving, your mpg keeps going up. When the bettery nears full, the Synergy drive will kick in the electric engine just to burn up some of that extra power in the pack. What you get out of this is your 40+ mpg gas engine now assisted by an electric engine. If anyone can illustrate this, thanks... please do. For those of you who get what i'm saying, try it out and tell me how it goes.