LiBeRtAs

Drive on flat ground up to the highest speed you can go KEEPING it on EV or on the battery.

Can you cruise, for instance, on flat ground, 34 mph and have it stay on EV for several minutes or until the conditions force you to change something...?

I was wrong I said the loaner will cruise at 35 mph on the battery, today I did it at 38 mph for quite a long distance, this is overwhelmingly more than my car will do.




Why? My loaner will do this for many minutes at 35 mph, my own car in the shop with infotainment system stuck and not working will not stay on EV above 30 at the most...
Please let me know what your car will do.

nx450plus

https://www.fuelly.com/car/lexus/nx350h/2022

LiBeRtAs

Interesting info, thanks.

I really need to confirm that most others are able to be on EV at above 30MPH for extended period of times on flat road, then I am sure something is wrong with mine as mine wont.

Only way I am getting anywhere near 40 is to drive at 26 mph on flat ground, otherwise no way and on the highway it is much worse.

I see now why others do so much better, being on EV at above 30mph for extended periods of time is how. Why mine will not do that I dont know, cant be because of the bigger wheels, I wouldnt think.

LiBeRtAs

OMG'

Just completed drive to grocery store in loaner... In my car, the same trip at the same time of day, the same driving I get 36 Miles per gallon, the loaner, 49 miles per gallon. And at one point, going slightly uphill at 38 miles an hour, the battery was on, This is amazing. But very bad news for me.

If the only difference is size of tires, and it is the only difference as I have the 20 inch (I have 36 in tires air and so does loaner) and this is happening, I dont know what to do. The EV is on routinely at mid 30 mph in loaner and never on after 28-29 mph in my car.

k0dez

Yeah I was cruising along at 51 mph earlier under EV power.

LiBeRtAs

yikes, something drastically wrong with my car.

xcoreflyup

Ha. My 350H is on that fuelly page.

LiBeRtAs

The experiment of what speeds battery will stay on, is what I’m interested in.

kg130

I tested this yesterday on my NX350H - was able to do 35 mph on EV before a curve in the road made me slow down (approximately 2-1/2 blocks).

I was also on the highway yesterday, and EV mode intermittently came on at max speeds between 60-65 mph

LStoneX

Much as I truly think your car has something wrong with it, comparing what speeds users are getting really won't do you any justice as the vehicle going into EV nude is a combination of several factors which are very carried. Things like ambient temperature, road surface, battery level, driving style and many others factor into what kicks the cast into EV mode.

I've personally gone into EV mode at speeds as high as 90km/h and had my engine kick in at speeds as low as 35km/h. Every time is slightly different.

I don't think a comparison with what other folks are getting in their own environment will really be of much help to you IMHO.

LiBeRtAs

Thanks for letting me know.

lsft

You said what I was saying, but just in a better way.

Lexus22563

My EV in my 350h does kick in at highway speeds. You kind of have to feather the gas pedal a bit to get it to kick in. Also at highway speeds the battery helps the Engine to cruise

Kimberly88

My EV automatically kicks in while doing much higher speeds. It’s been on my dash while going at least 50 in my vehicle every day to/from work. My drive is mostly flat with very few stops. I also feel like I’ve seen it when driving on the interstate at even higher speeds. As stated above, there’s a lot of factors that play in this feature that could affect how often it would turn on. When you power off your vehicle it’ll show you the percentage of your drive in EV. You should start documenting that and possibly take your vehicle to the dealership if you’re not seeing EV turn on when going over 35 mph (besides down hills). The EV mode button, located by the brake hold, only works up to 25 mph depending on the battery charge.

ViMat

I have Lexus NX 350h with 20'' wheels. I have driven about 3000km (1800 miles) and my average is 6.1 l/100km (or 38.56 MPG). I use regular (87) gas.
On the highway, if I drive above 110km/h (about 60mph) using cruise control, my gas usage is between 6.4 l/100km (36.75 MGP) to 7.3l/100km (32.22 MPG)
If I drive using "hybrid" style, then I can use from 5.8 l/100km (40.56 MPG) to 6.4 l/100km (36.75 MPG), but to get better mileage I have to impede traffic as my speed would fluctuate just too much.
On the city streets, my milage is 5 l/100km (47MPG) to 6.1 l/100km (38.56MPG) depending on multiple conditions. But for any better milage I have to accelerate very slowly to keep on the EV mode as long as possible.

I drive mostly in "Normal" driving mode as I find "ECO" mode just too unresponsive.

My understanding is that EV mode does not mean that your car is driving using just a battery, but it means that the car shut down the ICE engine. For any hybrid tests, you have to change your screen that shows where the wheels get the power from. On highways at higher speeds I noticed that even EV light is ON, it is for the duration when the car is simply driving from inertion/downhill or when the gas is pressed just very slightly. On the screen I would see that in such EV mode power is simply going from the wheels to the battery direction - that is the battery is recharging with the ICE engine off.