So last month I bought new Toyota Corolla Hatchback with 2.0 Hybrid 196 KM e-CVT powertrain. Every data on the internet says that it’s fuel consumption should be around 4,4-5,2 Liters/100 km. I suppose producents always lie but the absolute biggest reported fuel consumption I’ve found on the internet was 5,6 L/100.
Well, I’ve driven 1100 kilometers already and yesterday I hit 6,0 L/100 average fuel consumption. Now, I don’t think I’m such an aggressive driver, I try to drive economically, the Toyota app gives me “90/100” rating for the “hybrid driving” but very rarely I manage to go below 5 L/100 on one trip. I try to use adaptive cruise control as I assume it accelerates economically and I turn it off when I know I need to prepare for stopping at the lights or something.
There are two kinds of trips I make:
- Short trip to my work, which is about 8-minute drive in the city, usually low traffic.
- Long trip to my second work, which is a 50 kilometers drive, most of it on the highway with cruise control set to 124 km/h.
Maybe I should also mention I have winter tyres on and 18" rims, as I heard it could affect fuel economy significantly.
So, is it normal fuel consumption for this car or could possibly anything be wrong here?
Toyota hybrids don’t like cold weather. Ours goes from 42mpg to 35mpg. Running snow tires will decrease it more. And if you are only running those two trips, that’s kinda worst case for a hybrid. The short trip doesn’t even have time for the engine to warm up, and the long trip is going relatively fast on the highway where the hybrid system doesn’t really work