[LonePalmBJ]

Back in March a thread was started to show off our real-world MPG figures over a meaningful distance. The idea was that while it's easy to experience superlative MPG over a short duration, by keeping track over a significant amount of driving we could provide useful and realistic experiences. The original idea was to post your mileage after 1000 miles of driving. That original thread is here:
http://fiskerbuzz.com/forums/Thread-MPG-over-1000-miles

That thread is now locked, so I thought I'd start a new one to carry on the tradition, but with a twist: What I would like is for each of us to post a photo or MPG information when they hit the 1000 mile milestone, and then go back and edit your post with additional photos and info as you hit successive 1000 mile milestones. That way not only will we be able to maintain a record of realistic figures, but we'll be able to see how they trend over time.

Since I hit the 2000 mile mark today on my trip odometer, allow me to be the first:

1000 miles, May 1, 2012:

2000 miles, July 28, 2012:

Needless to say, 153 MPG over 2000 miles is pretty fantastic. Forget all of the talk about EPA estimates and methodology; those are all approximations. I'm getting over 150 miles to the gallon in the real world, and it's been months since I've been to a gas station!

Share your 1000, 2000, 3000, etc experiences below.

 

[Sigurd]

Here's mine as of June:

 

[BillyO]

My screen is stuck at 409 mpg but in reality I've topped 1700 miles and still show a gas range of 230 miles, so I'm getting about 1700 mpg! I've never been to the gas station in this car.

 

[Stefan]

....I've never been to the gas station in this car.

Start driving


409 gives you a WOW!

 

[DNAGuy]

I have made several longer trips > 200 miles and have found that once the battery is down to 20% (0 miles) I consistently get 26 mpg at highway speeds. Obviously, on battery only, the mileage is incalculable...although I wonder why the Fisker seems fixated at 409 mpg when it should be "infinity" if no liquid fuel has been used. I am close to 3000 miles and will try to take a picture of when I arrive.

Of course the nicest part of refueling is only pumping 7-8 gallons to fill the tank!

Buck

 

[ct-fiskerbuzz]

I have made several longer trips > 200 miles and have found that once the battery is down to 20% (0 miles) I consistently get 26 mpg at highway speeds. Obviously, on battery only, the mileage is incalculable...although I wonder why the Fisker seems fixated at 409 mpg when it should be "infinity" if no liquid fuel has been used. I am close to 3000 miles and will try to take a picture of when I arrive.

Of course the nicest part of refueling is only pumping 7-8 gallons to fill the tank!

Buck

I'm curious as to what "highway speeds" are for you. For me, when the tank runs out I will likely be on I-15 where the speed limit is 75 and even 80 mph...

 

[DNAGuy]

I have made several longer trips > 200 miles and have found that once the battery is down to 20% (0 miles) I consistently get 26 mpg at highway speeds. Obviously, on battery only, the mileage is incalculable...although I wonder why the Fisker seems fixated at 409 mpg when it should be "infinity" if no liquid fuel has been used. I am close to 3000 miles and will try to take a picture of when I arrive.

Of course the nicest part of refueling is only pumping 7-8 gallons to fill the tank!

Buck

I'm curious as to what "highway speeds" are for you. For me, when the tank runs out I will likely be on I-15 where the speed limit is 75 and even 80 mph...

For me, I primarily drive the 405 and the 5 where speed limits are 65 and I routinely set the cruise control for 75 mph...The cruise control system works flawlessly BTW...it even shows a bracket line on the analogue speedometer to denote where the speed as been set.

Buck

 

[dennis]

I use my Karma as my daily driver. Being retired, I don't have a regular commute, so my miles driven per day varies widely. On average, I exceed my 30-35 mile battery range about twice per week, so my mpg for 4800 miles is 46.3.

Even with paying $.20/kwh, my cost per mile including gas and electricity is $.17. That compares to $.36 in my 06 M5 and $.25 in my 08 Lexus 600hL. This is true apples-to-apples, since all 3 vehicles were operated with the same heavy right foot.

I've attached the spreadsheet where I keep track of this for those of you who are into detail.

 

[MyColorIsGreen]

Full tank
243 miles

Fill up 8.75 gallons
628 miles

Fill up 8.63 gallons
1024 miles

Fill up 8.6 gallons
1485 miles

Fill up 8.15 gallons
1789 miles

Fill up 7.56 gallons
1908 miles

Fill up 5.60 gallons
2357

various trip meter readings
47mpg @ 1581 miles
21mpg @ 328 miles
56mpg @ 972 miles
76 mpg @ 374 miles
52mpg @ 2806 miles

 

[bigdaddyo811]

If you flip into sport, the system screen still shows consumption of -40-50kwh. How does that save battery life?

 

[Nin ja]

drop box photo - Flickr does not work with iPads
http://db.tt/gvb5fwdu

Just turned 1000, tank was full when I picked it up and still have 200 mile left

 

[Fabulist]

If you flip into sport, the system screen still shows consumption of -40-50kwh. How does that save battery life?

If your battery range is 26 miles (50% SOC) or more when you switch to Sport mode you are using power from both the battery and the engine-genertor for maximum power and the battery power is not preserved. If you are at 25 miles of range or less, all the power comes from the generator which preserves the battery SOC for when you switch back to stealth mode.

 

[Bert Yetman]

Fab,
If your electric is over 26 miles and the ICE is running (Sport), does your ICE MPG increase accordingly? Or is nothing gained by losing electric miles down to 26 to help out the ICE?

 

[Sportsmeddoc]

gas station once since Feb - still on 3/4 tank - at almost 5000mi- use as my primary car

 

[cwsnhri]

Just finished a 2500 mi trip, all with gas, ave 23 mpg. High altitude,mountains, very hot,ran very well.
Glad to be home. One minor glitch......lost digital speedo then it just reappeared.
Blew the minds of everyone who saw it!

 

[Fabulist]

Fab,
If your electric is over 26 miles and the ICE is running (Sport), does your ICE MPG increase accordingly? Or is nothing gained by losing electric miles down to 26 to help out the ICE?

I have not observed the impact on MPG so I don't know and I don't know what the exact algorithm is for dividing up the load in Sport mode. Someone with deeper Fisker knowledge needs to answer this (great) question.

 

[Richard Carnes]

Fab,
If your electric is over 26 miles and the ICE is running (Sport), does your ICE MPG increase accordingly? Or is nothing gained by losing electric miles down to 26 to help out the ICE?

I have not observed the impact on MPG so I don't know and I don't know what the exact algorithm is for dividing up the load in Sport mode. Someone with deeper Fisker knowledge needs to answer this (great) question.

When I drive from my house to the Vail Village parking structure using battery only, I use 18 miles of battery for a 15 mile trip (it's about a 500 foot elevation gain). I experimented using ICE the entire way, and only used 12 miles of battery. Both trips began with a full 50 mile range battery.