Interesting, did I say it was a "controlled scientific test"? I said "here's all my variables", and did my best to offer as much control info as possible. Pretty bold of you to say "no plausible sounding explanation" when I gave as much data as possible to the thread that I had available/controlled.
Vulnox, LOVE LOVE THIS! PLEASE post your experience afterward. Having the same route tested over and over with the control being the route and similar temps/weight/etc is a really good practical test. I'd love to learn what you discover, thanks! PS: I'd love to be proven right OR wrong as well; if you have practical data for your experience I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!
Yeah it would certainly be cool if there was something to it. I have used this route to test some things in the past since it's so traffic light and you spend almost the entire trip on the same highway. Last test was with my 2021 F-150 and seeing what the MPG difference was with 4 Auto engaged vs 2 High. There was a difference, but it was pretty minor in the grand scheme of things (about a half an MPG). Could argue it was within the realm of error, but I was able to reproduce the difference a few times. So I am definitely with you as far as there could be something to it, I just wish it was clearer what the underlying cause was.Vulnox, LOVE LOVE THIS! PLEASE post your experience afterward. Having the same route tested over and over with the control being the route and similar temps/weight/etc is a really good practical test. I'd love to learn what you discover, thanks! PS: I'd love to be proven right OR wrong as well; if you have practical data for your experience I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!
This is EXACTLY the kind of intelligent response I was hoping for, and your thought process is similar to mine. I look forward to seeing what happens for you!
Yeah, the cruise control part is where the original hypothesis hits a wall for me. I don't know how the actual Blue Cruise itself is involved. That's why I think unless someone does a 10 mile loop, as controlled as possible, it's going to be hard to convince anyone it's a real thing. Even me trying on the trip isn't perfect, but if it's as significant a difference as claimed I should see something.one small issue with your entire theory as it relates to bluecruise or any cruise control function as @corradoborg asserted - here is the section of the manual backing up their assertion:
agree - wish i had enough bluecruise available miles to test on around me but only 5 or so in two separate locations isn't going to do anything. i suppose i could get an idea if the newly enabled power meter on my IPC lights up regen in those areas.
Yeah I have plenty of highway around us, but the light traffic part is nearly impossible without driving about an hour away. Seems like a project for Kyle from OoS or Tom from State of Charge who already do the 70 MPH range tests. I suspect they would say the same thing though, doesn't make sense really as written, you have to get past the part where 1 Pedal is just regen, and you can't both regen and drive a motor. So I suspect in a situation where there was no traffic 1 Pedal or no 1 Pedal, the results will be near as makes no difference identical.agree - wish i had enough bluecruise available miles to test on around me but only 5 or so in two separate locations isn't going to do anything. i suppose i could get an idea if the newly enabled power meter on my IPC lights up regen in those areas.
You bet; if you Google the drive path from Ames, IA to Seattle, WA that is (basically ) it if you add Pierre, SD as a waypoint in between.
Hey, I REALLY appreciate that prior post; at this point then I'm baffled too.agree - wish i had enough bluecruise available miles to test on around me but only 5 or so in two separate locations isn't going to do anything. i suppose i could get an idea if the newly enabled power meter on my IPC lights up regen in those areas.
It was the only feature I turned off/on, multiple times to test this theory to begin with, and I guess I'm going to have to keep testing it to figure out why the range was so different. The only real way to confirm all this then is to simply drive the exact same route, with the same MPH maxes, and with very similar temperature ranges. I do wonder this and put it out there; I wonder if 1 PD "auto engages" the moment there is some level of stop and go traffic? For example, there were a number of times where we'd hit construction zone slow downs, the auto breaking would engage and then (I'm 100% guessing) does the 1 PD go back to being "on" as a default when slowing down/auto breaking? In other words, could that feature be "on" again when not at full speed, and therefore effecting my range data/theory? I'm honestly not sure..
