Hi and Questions!

Julius,
Welcome to PC!!
A short trip will give LOW MPG's. The ICE Has to warm up first. If you ride more than 15 minn in the city , you will notice the ice not running as much.
I notice my best MPG;s in the city after the first 2 bars have hit the MFD.
Hope This Helps

 

The Prius is designed to keep the battery in the blue range. Excursions into green and purple are not uncommon or cause for concern, but the Prius will work the battery back to blue as soon as it is able to do so. The idea is that it needs room in the battery for recaptured energy, but it also needs enough stored charge to provide electric power when needed. That's why it keeps the battery charge (State Of Charge, or SOC) in the middle.

Tom

 

No need to worry about or try to manage the battery based on the display. It takes care of itself.

The cabin AC also cools the battery system, so turning off the AC in hot weather can actually decrease MPGs. If you're hot, so is the battery; roll up the windows and turn on the AC and cool both of you.

That's kinda low MPGs for the city. Going into the 50s on the highway suggests one simple possibility: low tire pressure. Low tires noticeably reduce MPGs, and tires heat up (and thus pressurize) as they roll. Check tire pressures at least monthly. Many of us use increased tire pressure to improve MPGs at the cost of a somewhat harder ride. In the original Integrity tires 42/40 PSI front/rear is safe and effective.

 

Without doing anything special, except taking it easy, I always feel good when I get over 25 mpg in the first 5 minutes on the Consumption MFD display. After that, 50 - 70 is much more normal driving around the city.

The other day I was running late. MPG be hanged, I had to get there before the place closed. I got some of the best mileage to date. It keeps going back to "Just drive it!"

Bob

 

That's it in a nutshell.

... Brad