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Hi Everyone, I posted a new blog article on our MPG so far: Please have a look and post comments on this forum thread: One fill up in 2,500 miles! Looks like a 21 mile battery is plenty in the Ford Fusion Energi. The forum admins have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion. I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.

PS - One more reason I'm so excited by the 160MPG result: We had been driving a minivan for all the local miles that only got 16 MPG, so I'm now 10x that with the Fusion Energi. It' pretty exciting to see and fun to no longer have to get gas every week.

Energized: You are correct about my personal goal to use less gas, so MPG is the most relevant number for me. Murphy: The relevance of MPG depends on why you drive a plug-in. I drive one to lower my use of gasoline for reasons of climate change and our national security. I'd much rather buy U.S.A. electricity than imported oil (e.g. gas) or U.S. oil for that matter. Also, my electricity source is nuclear so no carbon emissions there. MPGe is only interesting to me in terms of comparing two EVs to see cost of ownership. It's meaningless to me once I have car in my garage....(e.g. the Fusion Energi). All I care about now is how little gas I can use so MPG is the number I watch. Also, MPGe doesn't really tell the whole story when comparing the energy in gas to the energy in electricity. As I understand it, it leaves out the drilling, shipping, refining and military energy used just to get that gas to your car. Then there are huge efficiency losses in the combustion engine. So again, for me, MPGe is meaningless at this point. Thanks for your comment and I understand the technical point you are making. However, please keep in mind that each person's goal is different and one man's 'meaningless' is another's 'most important'.

Hi Everyone, I posted a new article on my blog on the lifetime MPG of our Fusion Energi. Please have a look and post comments on this forum thread: Ford Fusion Energi: 800 miles on 5 gallons of gas - 160 MPG!The forum admins have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion. I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.

Thanks Larry and good point. I'm going to update the article now to add the pre-conditioning feature. I use it as well and it works great for us.

Hi Everyone, I posted a new article on my blog about the technology features of the Fusion Energi. Please have a read and post comments on this forum thread: Welcome to 2020: Ford Fusion Energi Technology The forum admins have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion. I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.

Thanks Robert. I am trying to Buy American all I can and I'm really happy to own a Ford now.

We are playing the same game with ours. Briefly hit 164 MPG overall but down to 134 now. Funny we now say 'down to 134' when my van is getting about 16 around town :-)

Thanks Mr Fusion. I love your Back to the Future pic and caption...that's great!

We have only about 260 miles on ours but we are between 120 and 165 MPG now. However, we drive mainly short city trips and recharge during the day so it's mostly battery for us. As far as MPGe vs MPG, it really depends on why you have a plug-in. For me, it's all about using less gas so MPG is all I care about. Our power is nuclear based with zero emissions so I'm not worried about carbon from our electric supply. In addition, even if it was from coal, we'd still have a lower carbon footprint on electricity than gas and it would be from an American made source that doesn't require imports like gas does. I'm not really anti-oil. I just believe burning up a limited resource in a 20% efficient combustion engine is not the best use of that resource. Better to use our oil for industrial products and other high value uses. If we are going to extract it, then using it to make lubricants and other products at least won't release GHGs.

I just posted this new article on why I leased my Fusion Energi instead of buying: Should you buy or lease your new plug-in hybrid? The forum admins have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion. I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.

Hi Everyone, I leased a Fusion Energi Titanium this past weekend and I love it. I've created a blog to share what I'm learning about the car. The forum admins here have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion. Please have a read and post comments on this forum thread: Why I chose the Ford Fusion Energi I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.

Hi Everyone, I leased a Fusion Energi Titanium this past weekend and I love it. I've created a blog to share what I'm learning about the car. The forum admins here have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion. Please have a read and post comments on this forum thread: Ford Fusion Energi: Real EV battery range I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.

Hi Everyone, I leased a Fusion Energi Titanium this past weekend and I love it. I've created a blog to share what I'm learning about the car. The forum admins here have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion. Please have a read and post comments on this forum thread: Why we bought a plug in hybrid electric car I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.

Hi Everyone, I leased a Fusion Energi Titanium this past weekend and I love it. I've created a blog to share what I'm learning about the car. The forum admins here have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion. Please have a read and post comments on this forum thread: Choosing a charger for your Ford Fusion Energi I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.