Is 500 miles correct for a full tank?

It takes a while and it will also vary depending on outside temp/weather. That’s why we call it the “guess-o-meter”. congrats on the new car.

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congrats!
it's constantly adjusting based on a number of different factors. and the dealer tank is usually not quite full.

keep track of you actual mpg's at the pump and do a test route on ev only that you can replicate anytime you want to compare to new.

all the best!

 

Estimated Distance Till Empty (DTE), shown on your dash is closely related to mpg on the last tank. From the dealer, it probabbly have very little record to refer to if it has not been driven. You can check in this thread and compare with yours. What is your DTE after fill-up? | PriusChat Generally speaking anywhere between 400-600 miles on DTE is normal. Note: DTE does not include any miles driven on pure EV mode. It is strictly HV mode estimate.

EV range is also an estimated distance till the EV portion of the traction battery goes 0%. It usually starts low, but with practice and conservative driving it will go up. Especially in warmer climate it is easy to reach 30 miles on the EV range. You can check in this thread and compare with yours. Any one else getting more than 30 per charge? | PriusChat EV range is estimated mainly on your recent EV drive efficiency miles/kWh shown on your Eco Log, but other factors such as temperature and distance driven on EV will affect the estimate.

 

The estimated fuel range is calculated from recent MPG history of your driving.

But a new car has no long driving history, so the calculation starts with only the initialization figures programmed in at the factory, which are just placeholders that look somewhat reasonable and typical. It will start changing as soon as someone starts driving it and starts overwriting those placeholders with real numbers from the road.

So it does take a while to adjust to your driving style and conditions and patterns. And even after it adjusts to you, it will still change as seasonal MPG conditions (weather, fuel blend, etc.) change. And it will change some more if you change driving patterns, e.g. take it on a long road trip after having used it as a commuter car for a long time.

 

Sounds about right. I’ve had my 2020 PP for Three Weeks. Received it with Full Tank. Commute 29 miles each way 5x week. Plug in at work 80% of time but not at home and got 812 miles on my first tank. My second tank is 1/2 full and looks like the same numbers.

 

i average about 549 miles for a full tank of gas

 

No need to run through a full tank. If you want to see the mpg without EV, just:

1. Fill it up till pump shuts off, stop. Note odometer reading (it should display whenever the car's trnned off, for about 20 seconds.)
2. Drive the car till it's somewhat low (no need to run it to vapours).
3. Repeat step one.
4. Note gas required to refill.
4. Do the following calculation:

(Current Odo reading minus previous Odo reading) divided by (gas required to refill)

The above will be your miles per gallon (mpg) for that tank. Repeat for a few tanks.

It doesn't hurt to reset a trip meter at each fillup, it is a good practice. Still, if you want to be bullet-proof, just use the trip meter for a check, rely on the odo values.

 

I don't care for the "supposed to" phrase for this. I prefer "guesstimate" or "forecast". And just like a weather forecast, this distance forecast will sometimes change substantially while you are out there making use of it.

 

Could be a lot of variables here. Terrain, altitude, temperature, speed, etc.

 

Yes, it's perfectly normal. Please note DTE is only an estimate, mainly from the last tank of your HV milage. Also, when the DTE reaches --miles (zero) there still are some reserve gas left in the tank anywhere from 1 to 2 gal. In your case, 11.4gal tank was filled with 9.614gal, thus you still had ~1.78gal of gas remaining in your tank when you reached 489miles. You could have gone another ~100miles if you dare to go dead empty gas tank.