PROUD BUYER! Im stoked about my Cmax energi. I have only driven it for one day. The ev miles are hard not to wast but i will update as i get more acquainted with this beautiful machine. YOUR THOUGHTS? PEACE
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· Dan · 23 weeks ago
I'm also curious to hear some details on the Cmax Energi. Things like, how annoying is the hump in the back? Is 21 EV miles realistic? When the ICE kicks in, is it done as smoothly as I hear the Volt does it?
We had considered the Cmax Energi to replace a 2001 Ford Focus Wagon, but determined the cargo space would be significantly smaller. So, we kept our Focus and bought the iMiev for most of our family driving (that my wife does). Maybe in the future we'll trade up, so I'm curious to hear how the Cmax Energi works out for people.
· Tom Moloughney · 23 weeks ago
I'm equally interested. Please report back here once you have data on the electric range and MPG.
· Justin H · 23 weeks ago
Biggest feedback that anyone can request is real-world MPG. Not the MPGe...What are you getting? AS some PiP owers have reported upper 70's (guess they are truely light footed or the car is really efficient) I am favoring the C-Max's looks over the Prius. But no real reporting has been done yet. Only a few in my region so I cant see the Energi up close and take it out for a weekend, but plenty of regular C-Max's on the road. Congrats on the Energi! Look forward to hearing some good info and feeback from "real-world" testing and use.
· Bonnie99VA · 19 weeks ago
Proud owner too! Had my Energi since last day of 2012 (dealer held it for me while my family & I hauled butt from Seattle to Los Angeles in 21 hours;hate flying). I had traded in a 2012 Prius C/4 to upgrade (yeah yeah, I lost $$, but don't care), so I have driving experience in these two cars to share.
The Energi's ride is higher and soooo much smoother than the Prius. I don't hear or feel the outside as I drive. A HUGE pisser was learning after the deal was done that the panoramic sunroof does NOT open. Only one piece of literature mentions a fixed sunroof and I didn't catch it. My bad, I guess, but still irritating. Though the huge sunroof is beautiful... The trunk space is cut in 1/2 horizontally by the plug-in battery, but there's decent space above and a little in front of it.
The first couple plug-ins overnight brought the battery charge to 17 EV miles, then 18, then 21 miles available after 150 miles of driving. That's a big phew! I was bothered not seeing 21 EV miles from the jump. Note: the manual says not to focus on energy consumption for the 1st 1000 miles. Yeah, right! :) So, with seat warmer at 1 and only the radio going, the battery level dropped to 19 EV miles the second the car was in gear. I have to keep it in Auto EV mode vs. Auto Now when I first start up (probably a climate deal.. .it's kinda cold for Los Angeles in the AM, I guess). But, even in Auto EV, the car stayed in EV driving through the charged battery miles (I set the Engage display to see both the Engine and Battery consumption). I drive surface streets to work (12 miles away) and freeway home. As long as the charged battery has miles stored, I can drive freeway speeds to 80mph! Without the stored EV miles, I have to coast a lot on the freeway to stay in EV driving mode; I get up to speed and coast through traffic easy enough. FYI, the pickup/horsepower is way better than Prius! With the initial odometer at 14miles, I've driven it nearly 200 miles since purchase and only used 1/8 of a tank of gas (using gas gauge; I have to find a manually accessible report on actual gallons - the auto report at shutoff doesn't stay on long).
My main concern is that one of the displays on the left didn't/doesn't show 600 total capable miles using gas engine, as all recent advertising says it can do (620 with 20 charged EV miles added). My gauge shows 350-80 miles available with the gas I have left (and that's nearly full tank). Every time I shut off, I see average mpg at 54-56 per trip, so I'm confused on why that total miles isn't on par with the per trip miles. Wondering if it's taking into account the near 200 miles driven so far with what's left, but that can't be since most of those miles were pure EV miles from my daily charging.
Looking forward to learning some fuel/battery saving tips from you all!
Happy Energi driving!
· PMcKee · 6 weeks ago
I'm also a proud owner of a C-Max Energi. We have had ours a little under a month and we absolutely love it! We initially got 18 miles on a charge, but that has quickly increased to 26 miles (I guess I really have a light foot). We wanted to buy an EV, but need to drive 300 miles round trip a few times a month (aging family commitments). We've made two of those trips so far and went 650 miles on our first tank of gas. I'm able to do my daily drive and errands in under 26 miles so we only use gasoline for highway driving. So far we are averaging about 57 mpg. That has been increasing each day, so we may be in the 70s soon. An added bonus for us with the Energi is that since we have solar panels on our home and produce more power than we use most months, our EV driving is totally free. The only drawback we have with the Enegi is that the cargo space is reduced more than we expected (we knew the batteries would take space, but didn't count on losing space to ventilation on the sides). This has not been a problem, but does require some creative thinking when transporting 4 people, groceries for 2 and a wheel chair. We may be taking a longer trip in May to help our youngest move and I'll try to post some updates on mileage and such as time goes on.
· jeffegg2 · 2 days ago
Loving my Cmax Energi!!! I was getting 20 miles per charge in the winter, but now getting 27+ with the warmer weather. As the avatar shows I get good gas milage. The MPGe is at about 74. I don't know where Consumers Reports gets it's reviewers, but they should be fired!!!!
Get one you'll love it!!!
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