My first 100 MPG bar!

Excellent!

Bob Wilson

ps. There is a trick:

 

Its called going downhill

 

Darn, I forgot to take a picture of that part.

 

Lets see... where can you go downhill for 30 minutes. Pike's Peak??

 

Ok, here is the recipe:

1. Drive any distance at 100 MPG - with your car throughly warmed up, drive around a parking lot at a steady speed of 18-20 mph on a warm, windless day or evening. One of the better ways is to drive on the highway at say 65 mph, preferably if there is a down grade to the exit right next to the parking lot of choice. Reset your MPG display upon entering the parking lot and drive for as long as you wish, saving 30 minutes at the end.
2. After the last engine run, come to a complete stop - when the display updates, drive slowly to 6 mph on electric to get 100 MPG and then coast to a stop and wait for 5 minutes. When the 100 MPG bar shows up, drive slowly on electric to 6 mph and coast down to a stop and wait 5 minutes for the next bar. Repeat until all bars show 100 MPG and take a photo.

Enjoy!
Bob Wilson

 

Gravity can be your friend. Here is a map courtesy of Google showing the approximate starting point in green and ending point in red. I also provided a terrain map.

Elevation Drop is approx 4000 ft in 20 miles.

 

I took the picture at the bottom of the hill. The battery was at 8 bars, too. This was on AZ 89A between Prescott and Cottonwood, AZ.

I maxed out at 3.5 regen cars in one bar. I wonder what the maximum possible is.