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Fusion Energi mileage figures released (and lowered)


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If I understand things correctly, the "gearing" on an eCVT is all software controlled. So Ford is not wrong to say that the only differences between the hybrid and the Energi are the battery size and the software.

 

Plus the charging port and its associated electronics/cables

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I can get 46mpg on the energi with a depleted battery.

 

If you look on the government website the average of 77 regular hybrids doesn't break 40 (stays at 39mpg).

 

The government website also says my 2005 civic gets 29mpg but I easily get 34mpg no matter how I drive.  Going 80mph in the civic on the highway when it was new I easily got 38 to 40 mpg.

 

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=33083&id=33373&id=33398&id=20706

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http://green.autoblog.com/2013/08/19/ford-didnt-overstate-c-max-hybrid-mpg-number/#continued

 

Interestingly enough, due to the fiasco with the C-Max Hybrid MPG numbers being lowered due to the "Volume Label," it turns out the Fusion Energi may actually beat the currently rated EPA MPG(e) numbers:

 

The C-Max Energi, our plug-in hybrid, and the Fusion Energi, the plug-in hybrid, are under the same general label. But in that case, the C-Max Energi is the high-volume variant, so the Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid shares and carries the C-Max label. If we had actually tested the Fusion individually it probably would have had a higher number, but we carry a lower number because the C-Max is the high-volume variant, relative to the plug-in hybrids.

 

Now I understand the EPA ratings come with a grain of salt, but still.

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