I work in Puchong, so half of the daily journey to office is in jam and the km/l reading is below 18km/l, but I do get good reading on the other half of journey (usually 25km/l), so average out I have about 20+km/l in terms of fuel consumption.
Assuming that the computer is accurate in calculating the fuel consumption (I find mine very accurate), 20km/l means 30 liter will give you around 600km.
You do not need to drive below 60km/h to achieve this figures, in fact, I found that the best fuel efficiency is achieved when cruising between 70 to 90km/h (the meter normally shows 25 to 28km/l when cruising at this speed range). Therefore, I get best efficiency reading when cruising at road like LDP, federal highway or kesas when it is not jammed.
Above 90km/h speed, efficiency started to drop, at 110km/h e.g. north south highway, I only get around 20 - 22km/l. But still, this is far better than any non-hybrid car, which is doing somewhere between 10 to 15km/l in average.
Maybe the figures is not much difference if you only travel outstation occasionally, but for me which is doing close to 5000km a month, that will be saving of about RM 500 to RM 600 each month.
How to get this figure? You need not drive as slow as 60km/l, but to 'cruise' the car whenever possible (monitor the km/l reading and try to keep it above 20km/l, if can reach 25km/l even better) and maximize regenerative braking (anticipate traffic stop and brake lightly slightly earlier instead of braking hard last minute). I already achieved my highest throphy in a month time, so I set myself a target, at least 20km/l in each trip (see attached pic). Of course occasionally I will miss it e.g. stucked in bad jam in bukit bintang area, but average out, I still doing about 22km/l at the end of each tank of fuel.
Yup I agree with you guys. It's still better than a non hybrid car. I realized that u guys took the information from the multi-display. My opinion, I dont trust it and it may not be accurate. My traveling is something similar to yours and still I cannot achieved what most of you got.
My way of getting the figure which I think is more accurate rather than relying on the display. ( this is
Just my point of view).
Liter. I set my meter to 0. Then travel till the display range show 0 and the meter read say 550km. Then I pump full tank 2nd time. I will use the 2nd full tank liter to calculate. Example 2nd pump full tank is 33 liter, and I use it to calculate with my 1st pump journey which is 550km. So the results I get is 550km devide by 33 liter = 16.6km/liter.