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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Fuel Economy' started by bwilson4web, Sep 14, 2009.

  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    I took a quick swipe at the FUELY data and generated this chart:
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    As expected, fewer miles per day corresponded to lower MPG. But there comes a point when longer miles per day leads to higher speeds and possibly exceeding 75 mph and/or hitting hills at high speeds. Interesting data, the average for all tanks and miles came in at 49 MPG.

    Bob Wilson
     
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  2. Indyking

    Indyking Happy Hyundai owner...

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    What is your theory for the MPG boucing back up after the 120 miles/day mark? Interesting!

    Also, I drove 27 miles/day in my last tank (513 mi, 61.1 MPG, 31 MPH). Glad to see I was way above the curve for that amount of daily driving according to your data.
     
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  3. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    No theory, yet. I'm more like one of those experimental physicists ... smash things up and then see if the fragment give a clue ...

    Now if I was doing a lot of long distance driving, I might like interstat truckers, soon learn what speeds keep my fuel costs down. In contrast, if my long distance driving is eating into my vacation/sick leave, my motivations might be to 'burn the fuel and GIT THERE!' ... especially if I had family as passengers. These are just idle speculations.

    For me, it was the discovery of a new source of mileage records, quite detailed, and a chance to see what another group of 2010 owners are doing. If I remember correctly, there are about 22 vehicles in this set. The bad news is it difficult as heck to capture the data for analysis.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    ken1784 SuperMID designer

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    I like better following type of data.

    One of Japanese NHW11 Prius owner's report in 2003.
    2003. 9.16-30
    trip distance <3km 3-10km 10-20km 20km<
    1 average 14.8km/L 22.8km/L 21.5km/L 25.9km/L
    2 worst 4.0 15.6 12.9 21.9
    3 best 39.6 47.5 30.3 31.5
    4 # of trips 20 21 5 14


    History of average number

    trip distance <3km 3-10km 10-20km 20km< average
    1 lifetime 15.4km/L 20.5km/L 25.3km/L 26.7km/L 25.3km/L
    2 2003.9L 14.8 22.8 21.5 25.9 24.8
    3 2003.9F 14.9 18.6 22.4 26.0 23.8
    4 2003.8L 15.8 19.5 27.6 27.1 25.5
    5 2003.8F 16.1 19.8 24.2 28.3 25.6
    6 2003.7L 19.3 22.1 27.6 28.1 26.8
    7 2003.7F 15.9 22.1 26.9 28.7 27.3
    8 2003.6L 16.0 21.4 28.1 28.5 26.8
    9 2003.6F 16.3 18.3 25.7 29.4 25.0
    10 2003.5L 17.4 21.4 27.5 27.5 26.6
    11 2003.5F 16.8 22.0 26.2 26.9 25.9
    12 2003.4L 14.7 20.1 23.8 26.2 23.9
    13 2003.4F 12.1 20.5 24.7 24.0 23.5
    14 2003.3L 9.7 18.0 20.8 25.6 24.3


    Ken@Japan
     
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    I look at this and I want to have lunch with your two outliers. What makes them different? I am such a people person!

    Thanks Bob! :)
     
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