[Tooson]

But is the Tucson you drove for this trip a Hybrid year 2022 or 2023. You definitely didn’t clarify.

Have you taken off your roof rack yet?

The year of the Tucson (2022 vs 2023) is less relevant than the amount of miles on it, since you need some miles on it before you can meet or exceed the rated mileage.

 

[RevLauren]

My apologies. I thought this was the thread on MPG for the 2023 Tucson Limited (gas engine) I've been participating in. Now I see I misread the title and it is specifically focused on the hybrid. Will delete my comment regarding real life MPG results as it isn't relevant to the topic.

 

[Mike_H]

Just a thought:
As various folks post about mileage on this forum, we find ourselves at odds as some pronounce doom on the Tucson and bemoan it's lousy mileage. Others who enjoy stellar mileage disagree and proclaim the praises of this amazing machine. Here we are on these pages: some hating and some loving the mileage they get with their Tucsons, and perhaps mirroring the way we feel...

Agree! A civil debate leads to learning something new, or better understand something we thought we knew.

 

[Gofastgo]

I'll say this, I don't drive like a nut, I'm an old guy, but...I'd love one of these folks who get 38 to 45 MPG on an ICE Tucson come and drive mine.....there's no way those numbers would appear.

 

[rsedle]

AWD will always get lower MPG then FWD so FWD down hill with a 30 mph tail wind at 55 mph?

 

[Tampa8]

True about AWD for sure.
I get this or close often. Mostly 38+ but 40+ is not an isolated thing. This was combined highway and stopping at a couple of local places on the way. Approx 90 miles on highway and 35 local roads and stopping.

 

[garyahouse]

True about AWD for sure.
I get this or close often. Mostly 38+ but 40+ is not an isolated thing. This was combined highway and stopping at a couple of local places on the way. Approx 90 miles on highway and 35 local roads and stopping.

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Outstanding. That's what these machines are designed to do. Got some great technology under that hood. I should add a caution. I've logged every drop of gas and mile driven since the car was new. My calculator says that the computer's estimate of gas mileage is a little off: haven't done the exact math yet, but my rough guess: the computer is about 4 mpg "optimistic."

 

[Tampa8]

1 1/2 to 2 mpg optimistic for me when not one whole tankful/ one whole trip.
However if I go through nearly a tank of gas at once on a trip, it is very close to my calculations.

 

[Aphidman]

I've had my PHEV for almost two weeks, but it wasn't until yesterday that I had the opportunity to take it on a road trip of any length and see what kind of fuel economy I would get. I made a return trip from Calgary to the Sunshine Village ski resort in the Rocky Mountains. It began and ended with urban driving through construction zones with lots of speed changes, and highway driving at 90 km/h (56 mph) and 110 km/h (69 mph). I used cruise control and mostly used the Smart driving mode. As expected, the vehicle operated as a normal hybrid for most of the trip.

I'm pretty happy with the fuel consumption I'm seeing here. That's 47 Imperial MPG or 39 US MPG. That's only a bit worse than my Diesel Chevrolet Cruze used to get on the highway, and it was a smaller, lighter vehicle.

Note that only half a tank of fuel was consumed; it was nearly full when I set out, and the battery was fully charged. It will be interesting to see what the fuel consumption is on a really long highway trip where there is no opportunity to recharge along the way.

Based on that limited information, I'm happy with the fuel economy that I'm seeing so far. And I'm happy that the ICE is there to keep the cabin warm on winter days — for me, that's a feature, not a bug.

 

[Racr79]

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!

I am having the same issue but I was told I needed to wait for the Tucson to get to 4000 miles and then he did and it was the same thing and then they told me that it’s because I live in Wisconsin and the cold weather affects the mileage but I cannot find anywhere that says that winter affects my mileage. I live in a place that eight months I have cold weather, so this truck is useless to me I used to own agenda and it didn’t matter the weather. I always got between 38 and 45 miles per gallon. I’ve been driving my truck song at 35 miles per hour at 50 mph at 60 and 70 and he keeps giving me from 22 miles per gallon to 28 miles per gallon. What I’m doing is I’m taking my Tucson three more times to the dealerships and then I’m gonna apply the lemon law

 

[Tampa8]

Let us know how it works out.

 

[Orange Joe]

I am genuinely confused to see such large differences in mileage being reported. Part of me wonders whether there are some tucsons that genuinely have issues or whether its other environmental or driver factors giving such a range of mileage. I know theres been a lot of talk about a break in period and colder weather affecting things.

Granted mine is less than a month old and I only have like 450 miles on it. But the first tank I averaged 35mpg. I filled up a little early and am about 150 miles into the second tank but I am averaging 42mpg on this tank so far with a combination of highway and "city" driving. Of course thats according to the trip computer. Getting around the estimated mileage seems quite doable on average in mine at least.

Depending on the drive I have also seen significantly over the estimate, getting up to 48mpg on some drives, and one random 52mpg on a short 10-15 minute drive that was mostly downhill. The only thing I have really changed about my driving style is that I am just going lighter on the gas when accelerating from a stop than in my old sports car, and trying to be a little more conscious about coasting when I can.

What I will say is that even on my commute taking about the same route to and from work, the commute in seems to get around 10mpg less than the commute home. So even on basically the same type of roads in the same conditions, just how I hit the lights and stuff seems to make a large difference on mileage.

To those that are having issues, I wish I could offer some advice that hasnt already been offered, and I hope you all get it sorted out.

Edit: I live in the DC area, and while it was an above average warm winter here, theres definitely been some colder days here since I got it (in the 30s), though nothing super cold. Even then, mileage was still able to get up into the low 30s if not more. So yea, really dont know just how much of a difference that makes and if other places that are much colder would be getting that much worse.

 

[Gofastgo]

I am having the same issue but I was told I needed to wait for the Tucson to get to 4000 miles and then he did and it was the same thing and then they told me that it’s because I live in Wisconsin and the cold weather affects the mileage but I cannot find anywhere that says that winter affects my mileage. I live in a place that eight months I have cold weather, so this truck is useless to me I used to own agenda and it didn’t matter the weather. I always got between 38 and 45 miles per gallon. I’ve been driving my truck song at 35 miles per hour at 50 mph at 60 and 70 and he keeps giving me from 22 miles per gallon to 28 miles per gallon. What I’m doing is I’m taking my Tucson three more times to the dealerships and then I’m gonna apply the lemon law

Sounds exactly like what I get in Denver. 'Tampa' lives in the warmth of Florida, so he gets much better mileage, I would be interested to take my Tucson there to see if I can hit 40 to 45 MPG, I highly doubt it.

 

[rsedle]

Sounds exactly like what I get in Denver. 'Tampa' lives in the warmth of Florida, so he gets much better mileage, I would be interested to take my Tucson there to see if I can hit 40 to 45 MPG, I highly doubt it.

just took a 160 trip through the hills of WV got 41+ mpg for the whole trip mixed HW and back roads some 70, 65, 55 and a lot of 35 to 40 temp 65 to 75 top tier gas 87 octain and start out tire pressure 38

 

[Gofastgo]

just took a 160 trip through the hills of WV got 41+ mph for the whole trip mixed HW and back roads some 70, 65, 55 and a lot of 35 to 40 temp 65 to 75 top tier gas 87 octain and start out tire pressure 38

Good for you.

 

[stargate125645]

Sounds exactly like what I get in Denver. 'Tampa' lives in the warmth of Florida, so he gets much better mileage, I would be interested to take my Tucson there to see if I can hit 40 to 45 MPG, I highly doubt it.

Tampa also has a FWD ICE, and this is about hybrid which is AWD namely. People ignore and confuse these features and consequences so it's important to make sure we're clear on them when comparing.

 

[Chas]

Just a thought:
As various folks post about mileage on this forum, we find ourselves at odds as some pronounce doom on the Tucson and bemoan it's lousy mileage. Others who enjoy stellar mileage disagree and proclaim the praises of this amazing machine. Here we are on these pages: some hating and some loving the mileage they get with their Tucsons, and perhaps mirroring the way we feel... to include the Tucson in general. We try to sort out WHY there are such differences and find ourselves disagreeing, sometimes strongly, with each others opinions.

But for what it's worth, I just wanted to make a couple observations.
First, it's likely not the car. Modern vehicles are made with meticulous accuracy, especially concerning the WAY the engine runs. This stuff is carefully monitored because it's mandated by government regulations and arguably could land a manufacturer in court. Remember Volkswagen's dilemma when they tried to circumvent emissions regulations a few years ago? So, it's NOT THE CAR: I made my case. It's much more likely that it's indeed the driver and/or driving conditions. Feel free to disagree, but don't shoot me. I believe this to be fact, or I would n't say it.

Second, though we feel we must disagree, typically I think we do so admirably. I've seen great forums lose multitudes of posters because they didn't. I can't speak for all, but I know I've edited many posts here that I felt were harsh... to read a little more respectfully. I like what one fella said, that though we disagree, we can still do so agreeably. And to that end, I'd like to commend so many who've posted here for their obvious restraint in this matter. A forum is best judged by both the number of issues it gets right, and the way it's members treat each other. Though I'm kinda new around here, I'm already seeing that this forum is indeed worthy of all the time I spend reading and contributing here.

I would generally have agree with you. As I am currently waiting for my 2023 SEL Convenience hybrid to be delivered, I can’t help but think that the poorer gas mileage can be attributed varying driving conditions but also most cars these days have the automatic temp controls which means for the most that as long as you have the temps set auto, your AC is running and that in itself will always affect your mileage numbers. Back in the day when auto temp controls were more of a luxury option, none of my vehicles had that option and I could easily attain 30 mpg highway and +20 mpg city in a number of my GM 3.8L V-6’s.

 

[garyahouse]

I would generally have agree with you. As I am currently waiting for my 2023 SEL Convenience hybrid to be delivered, I can’t help but think that the poorer gas mileage can be attributed varying driving conditions but also most cars these days have the automatic temp controls which means for the most that as long as you have the temps set auto, your AC is running and that in itself will always affect your mileage numbers. Back in the day when auto temp controls were more of a luxury option, none of my vehicles had that option and I could easily attain 30 mpg highway and +20 mpg city in a number of my GM 3.8L V-6’s.

Good point Chas. Though running the air doesn't affect mileage a whole lot, it's just another of a long list of items that certainly add up. As I posted elsewhere, cold ambient air temps and short trips can combine to have a HUGE effect on mileage. These two things are hands down the biggest factors for most who claim to drive conservatively. I say that because there are so many who make this claim... "I drive conservatively: why the crummy mileage?" I've always held that there are reasons why any given car gets great mileage in the hands of one driver, and crummy mileage for another.

A cousin had a Prius. He complained of crummy mileage, and one day I rode with him. Now I know why. He'll argue till he was blue that it was the car. He wouldn't appreciate anything I had to say about it because that's how he is: so I didn't say anything. But I know that his mileage problem was NOT the fault of the car.

 

[Robbi_D]

I live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and drive up and down a lot of hills. I still get good mileage. I find that cruise control is not as economical. Sometimes when the EV indicator goes off, I let off the gas pedal and it will come back on. If you are easy on acceleration and not in a race, you get decent mileage. My worse MPG was around 37 MPG with highway driving. The best I had was 103 MPG on a 2.6 mile drive (back roads) I had another 53 MPG on a 6.5 mile drive (back roads). Not too bad.