Advice for a long commute

I just checked plug share in New Hampshire and Mass. there's a lot of charging stations in both states.

PlugShare - EV Charging Station Map - Find a place to charge your car!

 

EV on the 35mph sections
EV on downhill sections

Gas on the rest

Make sure you don't come home with any charge remaining and standard hypermiling techniques apply

 

Eco mode alters the A/C to use less power. I can't cope in afternoons in summer with less A/C in MS, NH may be better.
other than that, it is just a user interface setting. it make fine changes easier at low speeds.

 

Everything but this part is true. This is NOT true in Ev for sure, and of dubious value in Hv. I find the Prime is a lot harder to hypermile than my 2004 was mostly because the car is doing a lot of it all by itself. That also makes it a lot easier to get great mileage in the Prime, and it's a lot harder for someone to drive in inefficiently.

 

Harder to hypermile ?

EVs are the easiest cars to hypermile
Climate off, Coast to stops, gentle accel, low speeds will do it.

 

Sound's good, but it's very ineffective.

I've been driving the same route to work in my Prime since I got it, sometimes driving aggressively, sometimes driving in extreme hypermiling super-smooth mode, and the reported miles/kWh doesn't vary by more than 4%. On my 2004, the same approach on the same route could vary MPG by 25%.

 

What EV range are you getting

 

On that route (which includes a 700 foot vertical climb and decent), about 32 miles with the A/C on.

 

In general, what I found most comfortable and economical was to save as much EV as I could on the trip home for two reasons. 1. It was usually cold in the morning so driving in HV allows me to use heat without wasting battery. Commuting home, I don't usually need heat. 2. There's usually a lot more traffic when driving home so I was able to double my EV range going home once although at a miserable 3 mph.

I adjust for this in summer when AC needs to be used in the afternoon drive home where AC wastes battery so I want to use up EV in the morning when I don't need it.

 

I have a now 52 mile one way commute, I profiled it and posted my driving style here: #1
this was when i was charging at work, with the $100 Chargepoint card, which is now expired.
Currently I only charge overnight at home, interesting enough, my displayed EV range has continued to improve, last week 45.1, posted a pic in another thread. My driving style now differs, basically no more EV on the fwy other than downhill or flat section after downhill.
I need to collect some more datapoint, but for the month of August my miles/kWh shows 8.4.

Key is, there is no "1 size fits all", you'll have to try multiple techniques for yourself and choose what works best for you