Whats the Fuel Economy and Emissions for this Car?

Well, for my first 524 miles I used 15.044 gallons of gas which comes out to just shy of 35 MPG. That was about 50% highway and 50% city driving with the A/C on about 50% of the time*.

* It's actually getting hot in Vegas already.

well, one thing i would do different is i would coast longer and spend a longer time braking....that will get you more efficiency

so far, after 1 week of driving, i've gone 340 miles and the computer has told me i'm getting 35.2 mpg. when the engine breaks in, i expect this to be more easily achieved. i am starting to accelerate a bit faster and my fuel economy has gone up! :D

Wow the Camry interior must be REALLY nice for you to say the Altima interior is 'inferior'. I really like the interior on my Altima Hybrid. It is a significant improvement over my last car (Mercury Sable). For the most part you are dead-on. The Altima is a little 'rough' at times but does have great acceleration, particularly from the electric motor! And is much sportier looking than the Camry. I have about 1500 miles on my car and I am getting just about 37 MPG's. For a car of this size and style, that's FANTASTIC!!!

Now as far as 'only if you live in the 8 states' part...

Hogwash! (Wow, I don't think I have ever used that word before).

If you want one, go get one! Let's teach Nissan a lesson!!! :-)
A good lesson that is! Nissan really needs to be in the Hybrid arena.

um...i've been in the camry hybrid interior that was fully loaded minus the sunroof.

i felt that the camry's interior was cheap and very very plastic-y. i don't like the soft dash that just feels like foam tape. the materials felt very thing. i wasn't impressed. it was going to be between a camry and an altima for me...but being in the camry 1 time, i already knew i wouldn't be able to stand the interior

after 1 week of driving my NAH substitute (a 2000 Chrysler 300M), I've averaged 19.9 mpg. ouch. at least I can hope that my next car won't run on gas... 4 year countdown... maybe I'll get an Altima or Maxima full eletric. haha. nah, I won't get my hopes up too high.

I Was Looking In The Wrong Place.:)

Telling you more gas than you really bought to charge you more. ?:confused:

Topped off last week and then topped off again today at the same pump - about 300 miles in mixed driving. Doing the math I got 38.2 - the NAH's computer read 38.1 so I feel confident that whatever my car's computer calculates is fairly acurate.

I still haven't reset my car's FE computer number since I picked it up from the dealer - about 1,600 miles - and it has now climbed up to 39.7 mpg. I don't know what I'm doing special - I accererate gently but not so much that I'm a road hazard. In fact, I spend a lot of time in the left lane. The main difference in my driving style over my previous car is that I'm now willing to put in more "sweat equity" meaning I drive without the AC on. I've been surprised that even up to about 85 degrees outside I'm still quite comfortable with just the windows open. I think the cloth seats in the NAH are very good at helping me keep cool.

Doing the exact same commute with my previous car - a 2003 Passat sedan with the 1.8T - a got about 28.5 mpg so the NAH has improved on that by over 11 mpg.

I think I'll be taking a big hit on FE in the winter as my old Passat would loose about 2 mpg in the cold weather.

i agree with this...my mileage has gotten 1-2 mpg more after a couple of thousand miles

AND TODAY !! Ta TA finished the second tank for an overall tank mileage of 34.5 Drum roll please. Hey this baby is gona be a winner.:)

I am at 9500 miles and it is getting 37.1 mpg. Mostly highway keeping to 65 as best as possible. Quite happy with that!!!

The saleman told me that it takes about a month for the Altima Hybrid to learn how I drive before it would get the best fuel economy.

http://blog.mygreenaltima.com

One way to boost fuel economy is to shut off the climate control when you slow down/stop (whenever you would normally expect to go into EV mode) when you are running the heat AND the engine is not fully warmed up (1st ~10 mins. of driving). If the engine is cold and the climate control is struggling to bring the cabin up to the set temp., the engine will not shut down, even if you are stopped dead, because it is trying to make you comfy. Stay cold and save fuel! Just remember to turn the climate control back on when you start up again to warm your tootsires!

how come i can't get the mileage over 32.9? i coast whenever there's power in the battery. i brake long and slow and steady. i'm in socal, so weather isn't an issue. i don't even think i've turned on the AC except for one trip out to coachella last week. but i can't get it over 32.9mpg. any ideas? also, how long does the batter last when it's charged? i get it charged all the way to the top, then it drops to half-charge soon after that, then i have maybe 5-10 minutes of batter power to coast on before the gas engine kicks in again. is that normal? and is it normal that the gas engine is a bit loud and sounds like sticks hitting each other when i start the car in the morning before the hybrid system is warm enough to kick in?

hmm...interesting. (btw...i'm wamwam...created an account now with screename 'kotoriwam', but i'm the same person as wamwam).
the battery usually charges to the top when i do what you say i shouldn't, which is run the gas engine to charge the battery or when i'm on the highway and the gas engine is providing the primary power for the car (except of course in the dead of los angeles, when i've been known to completely empty the electric battery just idling on the 405 freeway...but that's another story). but yes, most of the time it's around 2/3.

when you say i need to cycle it more, what do recommend i do? how do i do that? basically just drive it like a normal vehicle? never run the battery all the way out before using the gas engine to recharge it? still coast as much as i can?

i will certainly work on keeping the kw gage down below the first line. that never really occurred to me. and i'm at about 3500 miles now, so we'll see what i can do to get that up. looks like i'm coming up on the 4-5k mark that seems to be a milestone in the lives of your and your brother's vehicles.

thanx so much for your input. will certainly make this happen! there is no other way!

peace,
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oh my. thanx so much for the insight. all this time i figured i was driving the sucker right, apparently i was wrong. i literally drain the battery daily trying to coast as much as i can in ev mode til' it runs down, then, yes, the gas kicks in to run the car and recharge the battery. hot damn. i'll have to change that habit. i will certainly check out the ford escape site as well.
one thing...reset the mpg counter? nope! didn't know you can. it must be the average because i can't get the sucker to move from 32.9 no matter what i do. how do i reset that? thanx again for all your words of wisdom. i'm learning as i go. coming from a ford exploder, it's taking a bit to get used to. but still the best decision i ever made.

brilliant. i did it two days ago and i'm now at 35.5 mpg. had it at 36.2 for a minute, but that faded once the gas engine kicked in in the morning. but it's hovering between 35 and 36 right now, which i'm comfortable with for now. thanx so much for the info. i'd have never known you can reset that thing. chalkin' up another victory to the magic of messageboards. thanks man!