Add ons\upgrades for better MPG?

[dochawk]

Driving up on/approaching a stale green, or a yellow light and she's STILL on the throttle.

well, now we've identified which weight to lose!

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[tsigwing]

At my first oil change I added Ceratec Liquid Molly. 200 miles later I noticed a .6 mpg improvement and it appears to be holding.

Your vehicle is also finally breaking in.

 

[kieefer]

Coast, that’s the key. Coast as often as possible, anticipate every stop.
Fold your mirrors in when on the highway and lower your vehicle, not raise it.

There’s some new ones.

 

[Jmitchelltfo]

Coast, that’s the key. Coast as often as possible, anticipate every stop.
Fold your mirrors in when on the highway and lower your vehicle, not raise it.

There’s some new ones.

Coasting isn't in my wife's vocabulary.

She has a quick little Kia with a 2.5T and I regulary get 38+mpg in that car. She struggles to get 25 mpg due to the fact that she is either ALL the way on the throttle, or ALL the way on the brakes. I put new pads and rotors on her car at 35k and many people with same car have stated that they made it to 60k+.

She is equally talented at tanking the MPG's in my pickup too. Good thing she is easy on the eyes or else I might have traded her in on a newer model.

 

[JerseyGlock]

Coast, that’s the key. Coast as often as possible, anticipate every stop.
Fold your mirrors in when on the highway and lower your vehicle, not raise it.

There’s some new ones.

lol on fold your mirrors.

 

[Larrymoe]

lol on fold your mirrors.

Who needs to see?

 

[dmac]

Skinnier wife.... or even better no wife!

 

[kieefer]

??‍ sitting on the interstate for endless miles in the right lane without a care in the world and a rear view mirror you can reduce some drag.

The idea wasn’t meant to be use on your daily drives.

 

[redline]

lol on fold your mirrors.

makes hard to see when some one is passing you... but with trucks with dumbo ears it could make a difference ...

 

[Snakebitten]

Love them Dumbo ears.
Absolutely more than the ¢ I might save without them.

I'd have them on my Mach-E if they were an option. ?

 

[Calson]

I think the difference is mainly just how the vehicles are built and what they are made for. The prius is made for fuel efficiency. The PB is not. It's a nice little benefit and many of us have figured out how to take advantage of it even more. But I think they did it mainly for bigger power numbers, a hell of a utility truck with ProPower on board, and to test the market of a hybrid f150.

My wifes 25 Kia sorrento hybrid has a bigger electric motor than my PB. I think in the future assuming they continue with the PB which I am most certainly sure they will, I think we will see even better hybrid performance with the right upgrades.

I have had my 24 PB for a little over a month now and averaging around 24-25mpg. For comparison, my explorer ST did similar routing with an average of 18-19mpg. So far, it definitely has been a boost for me.

You missed the point entirely. It is the skill of the driver that determines the miles per gallon burned of every vehicle. There are no bolt on quick fixes which is what the OP wants to find.

Choosing a 2WD Ford Maverick over any full size pickup is going to provide 50% greater fuel economy. Jack up the truck or put on oversize tires that have more squirm and more weight to spin and fuel economy is going to suffer. This should come as a surprise.

Every day I see people in pickups speeding past me and then taking the next offramp and they may wonder why their truck's fuel economy is bad. Few people seem to realize that air drag which is most of what the engine has to overcome, increases with the square of the vehicle's speed. At 80 mph the air drag is 300% greater and around town the trip time is reduced by less than 10%.

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