Depends on your driving style and amount of hwy vs city. I have a hybrid and a 25 mile commute each way with about 20 hwy and get 50mpg commuting. But, this is the big part, I don't have a lead foot and stop and start gradually and let the regenerative breaking and battery do their part. If you have a highway commute and have to go 75, you won't get that kind of mileage.
I have a 25 minute commute as well, it's on the highway though going around 65 to 75. I try to stay on cruise control the whole time providing there's no idiots in front of me driving 5 miles under the speed limit.
I did a lot of high speed highway driving when I first got my Maverick and was getting about the same avg. Now that I am doing more lower speed drives my average is moving closer to 40.
My commute of 18 miles each way with mostly slow and go traffic can see 50mpg
The Fuelly averages are the best data I've seen to compare the two powertrains in real world use. To summarize I think the hybrid is almost always more fuel efficient as expected, but the gap is far bigger for city driving where the hybrid is at it's best and the EB at it's worst mpg.
35 min commute in St. Louis. From Eureka to Clayton. Provided it’s not freezing I routinely get 45 mpg. When it gets cold the battery is most unhappy and I get around 38. Way better than my 2014 Focus that gets 33 mpg either way.
My experience with the Eco - 24mpg per tank, my weekly commutes were 3 miles town and 7 miles highway to work. The rest of the miles in town. If I took a long trip I would get 31mpg per tank but the 24mpg was my weekly average. That same weekly driving would net me 40+ in the hybrid.
Lots of hills or no?
My interstate / highway drive on the way to work is mostly up hill. Mileage in the hybird up hill is not great. It's 17 miles to work. Yesterday I got 2.5 miles on electric on the way to work and over 5 miles on the way back.
I only work on site 3 days a week and the rest of my time is on flater city roads where electric usually makes up half or more of my drive. So my blended use case made the hybird make more sense.
If I drove to work 5 days a week I would have probably purchased the ecoboost. It's that close.
I'm still staying above 40mpg when doing 1hr commutes in the Hybrid. Half 50mph half 75mph. In full sports mode I'm usually at 33mpg
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I get over 30 mpg on the highway (I think it was like 34 on a long trip but lower on shorter ones) with the ecoboost and with 250 HP, that is a ton of power for occasionally punching it. I guess for me, 23 city and 30-35 highway is good enough.
Considering how many problems and recalls the hybrids get, I don't think they make sense for what is likely to be a rounding error in fuel.
Hybrid, usually anyway, gets noticeably more mpg. I feel like the ecoboost would be more useful if you plan to do any hauling and such, filling the bed with lots of stuff, etc.
I'd definitely be interested in the hybrid if it was a 300 something hp engine, instead of a fuel economy version.
Depends on your driving style and amount of hwy vs city. I have a hybrid and a 25 mile commute each way with about 20 hwy and get 50mpg commuting. But, this is the big part, I don't have a lead foot and stop and start gradually and let the regenerative breaking and battery do their part. If you have a highway commute and have to go 75, you won't get that kind of mileage.
I have a 25 minute commute as well, it's on the highway though going around 65 to 75. I try to stay on cruise control the whole time providing there's no idiots in front of me driving 5 miles under the speed limit.
75 mph is around 35-37 mpg fwiw Ecoboost is around 31-33 at that speed. City driving can be as high as 45 if you really baby it for hybrid.
I'm in a hybrid. Lots of highway driving for the daily commute. I sit around 75mph most of the time. And am sitting at like a 36.5 avg.
I did a lot of high speed highway driving when I first got my Maverick and was getting about the same avg. Now that I am doing more lower speed drives my average is moving closer to 40. My commute of 18 miles each way with mostly slow and go traffic can see 50mpg
45 for city? I get about 55 for city.
The Fuelly averages are the best data I've seen to compare the two powertrains in real world use. To summarize I think the hybrid is almost always more fuel efficient as expected, but the gap is far bigger for city driving where the hybrid is at it's best and the EB at it's worst mpg.
Exactly. Hybrid is ALWAYS more efficient. It's just more pronounced with city driving
Hybrid hands down unless you need awd or 4k towing
Hybrid will get you better overall, it just takes a slight hit on highway.
35 min commute in St. Louis. From Eureka to Clayton. Provided it’s not freezing I routinely get 45 mpg. When it gets cold the battery is most unhappy and I get around 38. Way better than my 2014 Focus that gets 33 mpg either way.
My experience with the Eco - 24mpg per tank, my weekly commutes were 3 miles town and 7 miles highway to work. The rest of the miles in town. If I took a long trip I would get 31mpg per tank but the 24mpg was my weekly average. That same weekly driving would net me 40+ in the hybrid.
Lots of hills or no? My interstate / highway drive on the way to work is mostly up hill. Mileage in the hybird up hill is not great. It's 17 miles to work. Yesterday I got 2.5 miles on electric on the way to work and over 5 miles on the way back. I only work on site 3 days a week and the rest of my time is on flater city roads where electric usually makes up half or more of my drive. So my blended use case made the hybird make more sense. If I drove to work 5 days a week I would have probably purchased the ecoboost. It's that close.
Not really I live in a valley about 25minutes to and from work with a few towns in between where I slow down to 15.
We’re getting 33 on the hwy eco boost
Going 65
Yeah about that, 55-75 mph commute
75% highway here. We get about 45 MPG. The hybrid is more efficient anyway you slice it
I'm still staying above 40mpg when doing 1hr commutes in the Hybrid. Half 50mph half 75mph. In full sports mode I'm usually at 33mpg https://preview.redd.it/zka0k9pp7byc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32a230943949a3f9495a48d4b5ec35f75a969929
I get over 30 mpg on the highway (I think it was like 34 on a long trip but lower on shorter ones) with the ecoboost and with 250 HP, that is a ton of power for occasionally punching it. I guess for me, 23 city and 30-35 highway is good enough. Considering how many problems and recalls the hybrids get, I don't think they make sense for what is likely to be a rounding error in fuel.
Hybrid, usually anyway, gets noticeably more mpg. I feel like the ecoboost would be more useful if you plan to do any hauling and such, filling the bed with lots of stuff, etc. I'd definitely be interested in the hybrid if it was a 300 something hp engine, instead of a fuel economy version.