Our 2023 Tucson hybrid is getting a stellar 24.5 mpg average after 10k miles, according to Hyundai it is acceptable and not their problem! I won’t support Hyundai in the future!
Don’t buy 2023 hybrid Tucson if you expect good fuel economy
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It will not generally get great mpg at those speeds, I won't belabor it since there are hundreds of post about it here already. Many Hybrids especially a larger one like the Tucson will have problems getting higher mpg at those speeds.
If you live in a cold winter climate, you will be even less happy.
I just had my last tank at a calculated 34.5mpg in the Santa Fe, about 50-50 city and highway, and it'd have been higher were my daily trips not so short (< 15 mins). But over 70mph and you kill mileage in my experience. I really don't understand how people don't get 35mpg at least in the Tucson unless they are aggressive or traveling at Interstate speeds (> 70mph) most of the time.
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The whole point of this thread….why?why? Why? Some do and some don’t under the same conditions…
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Would be hard to determine "same conditions" many variables such as altitude, road conditions, elevation changes, temperature, quality of the fuel used, driving habits, etc. One person stating that they drive smooth and easy may be what another driver would consider slow & deliberate. Unless vehicles are driving the same road at the same time, same speed etc, they're not driving under the same conditions.
But agree that the differences are quite substantial w/ the post sample size.
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My brother has a 2023 Tucson as well. We both live in SW Michigan and on the same trip he got 6 mile per gallon better than I did. Yes the difference varies from vehicle to vehicle. As I look back 10 years we were given an Elantra by a rental car company during winter months in Michigan. I checked the fuel milage and thought I'd figured wrong. I'd never seen a car get such good milage. So I filled up again and by golly it really was that good. Next car I bought was an Elantra. Never got within 10 MPG of what the rental car got. So yes I find Hyundai's has a lot of inconsistency between like vehicles.
I'd like to make a prediction. The weather's starting to cool off across the country. The closer we are to 60-65 degrees, the better our mileage will be. Engine says, "too hot, too cold... too bad." So, soon enough, the snow will be blowing and so will the complainers who find this thread. Fasten your seat belts, Tomorrow October arrives, Jack Frost is coming, and so are the unhappy hordes who own hybrids and expect summer mileage in the winter.
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I feel like we go round and round on this. The EPA specifically says the same car may not get the same estimated mpg, some much less some more. But taken as a whole of all drivers the average will be close to the sticker average.
What is the Tucson being compared to a car or other similar weight, size vehicle.
How does the driver drive? I can get over 40 MPG with my ICE partly because of how I can drive if I want to, to get it. Someone who routinely goes 75 MPH or someone who is closer to 65 mph? Jack rabbit starts, not using stop and go, lets the car warm up for awhile before leaving, alot of very short trips, etc etc etc.
Where does the car mostly operate? Flat Florida or mountainous Northern New England. No real cold weather in the deep South or very cold Northern states.
Are the tire pressures maintained to the highest recommendation?
How many are normally in the car?
Are you carrying around a big anvil?
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Hope you are right, but it seems like all owners in DFW would have the same issue as I. It remains super hot! Please don’t dis us complainers. We really just want a solution and truth in advertising. I am still hopeful as I love my car and I have been a loyal Hyundai owner for 20 yrs plus. If I need to learn how to drive a hybrid, someone needs to teach me. I am a 70 yo schoolteacher, not too aggressive of a driver!
The issue is the complainers often overlook their own contributions to this issue, and don't look at the big picture on things like "advertising" and environment, either. Despite how many times these things are pointed out. Complaining here is not going to solve the problem. It may not be possible, but unless you can meet up with another owner and drive each others' cars, etc., deciding if it's Hyundai's fault or the driver/environment is not really possible.
When it was 100 degrees here I still got fine mileage.
Appreciate your feedback here, SRICE. Just know that when it gets really cold, we've been warned. Those who know have warned us that hybrids in general really take a hit when the weather gets cold. When this happens, the forum gets slammed with disillusioned hybrid owners frustrated with poor mileage. That's. why I was making my "prediction."
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Lol! The only reason I joined this forum was for support and ideas! Got a better suggestion?
Then read more.
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There are more posts and reasons, suggestions about this subject than maybe any other and right in this thread. You just need to read the posts that were made before yours.
Oops, forgot to address this as I was thinking about it. From the research I've done through the years, gas mileage doesn't suffer nearly as much when it gets hot outside as it does when it gets cold. But I know that it is affected. It's easy to understand why a car can't make as much horsepower when ambient temps get too hot: hot air expands and ya can't get as many oxygen molecules into the engine during each stroke. However, that doesn't explain why a car gets better mileage when temps are cooler (near 70). I've read the explanation for this more than once, but don't recall enough of the reasoning to comment further. Nor do I recall just how much gas mileage is lost at various levels of higher temperatures. However, as you pointed out, we can still do relatively well even at these higher temps especially when comparing what happens when temps drop to near freezing.
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Thank you, I’ve read them.
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