Hybrid driving tips for best fuel economy

Want to get the very best out of your ground-breaking Toyota hybrid? We’ve gathered a number of hybrid driving hints and tips that will help you to get the best from the system, improving fuel consumption and getting you further for less.

Whichever Toyota hybrid you’ve set your heart on, the following tips and pointers should maximise the range and fuel economy of your Toyota.

00:00 Introduction with Grace Webb
00:48 Empty your boot
01:14 Plan your journey
01:24 Use the hybrid coaching feature
01:46 Toyota hybrid driving modes
02:04 What does ECO mode do?
02:09 How does EV Mode work?
02:21 What does Sport mode do?
02:35 The benefits of an automatic
02:45 Be aware of the road ahead
02:54 Reduce your speed
03:22 Shut your windows
03:37 Use recirculate mode for air conditioning
03:45 The most efficient way to travel
03:54 Keep it smooth
04:05 Use the Hold function
04:28 How does a self-charging hybrid work?
05:05 Contact us
05:20 Book a test drive

*Average percent of 156,254 combined test drive journeys spent in electric mode on Yaris, Auris, Corolla, Toyota C-HR, Camry, Highlander, RAV4 Hybrids and Prius family. Test drives taken nationally between 01/04/2016 and 31/01/2022 in a variety of weather and driving conditions. Test drives conducted over a total of 2,456,370 miles at an average speed of 24mph.


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[karolr]

I drive a full-hybrid car for a last few months and I've learned how to use the electric motor advantage but I didn't hear that advice in the film. The biggest fuel consumption the engine has during the acceleration, so you need to learn how to accelerate efficiently. Depending on the traffic condition, you should either use only the electric power (in the heavy traffic when you creep in the jam it's doable) or shorten the acceleration time, which means you speed up quite dynamically using the petrol engine, reaching the cruising speed and then you release the throttle till your car switches to EV engine. You can cruise then on the electric engine using only its minimum power to keep the desired speed. You will get much better fuel consumption results in comparison with accelerating slowly with the less horsepower. Of course when you drive a motorway you can't use only the electric engine cause it doesn't generate enough power, but within a build-up area or on a calm country road this method will give you real savings.

[less]

Just bought a Yaris Hybrid and am very pleased with the hybrid system. Went for the gear stick (habit) a few times, but after day two I've become used to the automatic system.

[Richard]

In my old Non-Hybrid Yaris I used to get just about 50 mpg on average if I was lucky but now I am near 70mpg. I am also a very much more relaxed driver than I was.

[flt]

We drive our Rav4 in "Eco" mode 100% of the time and I don't understand why people say it "sacrifices performance." The car is faster than it needs to be even in "eco.".

[udaymirani-selk]

I have Corolla Hybrid 2024 and it delivers 70 MPG in city

[maggiemyers]

This is my fourth Toyota .I love them ….thank you

[johnkeepin]

In January this year, I switched from one of the 2017 Yaris’s to the current Yaris model. It’s a lot better overall, both in performance and noise level, and efficiency. One of the features in the new one is the type of tyre in use - it has a lower rolling resistance than the previous one. I think that is one of the most important factors at moderate speed in any car when it comes to reducing the fuel required.

One of the other features that you haven’t mentioned in this production that can be useful to maintain fuel efficiency is the Assisted Cruise Control (ACC) using it’s radar device; I often use that, and there are many parts of a journey that the engine does not run at all, even at 60 — 70 mph on falling gradients, or when catching up on something slower ahead etc.

[ghostridergaming]

I booked this car Toyota C-HR vx hybrid in Dubai will be getting in 2 weeks insha'Allah 🎉

[barrycrosby]

Toyota hybrid system is very impressive im driving in normal mode with ac getting nearly 70 mpg have had high 80s a few times very smooth seamlessly builds up speed very easily wouldn't go back to petrol or diesel again

[yoker]

NIce. I would appreciate to get some tips how to reduce rpm while driving in our corolla hybrid 1, 8 2021. Not for saving money, but to reduce noise, if possible.

[garthcox]

I get 70mpg plus most of the time in my corolla tourer and I'm very happy with it. The worst thing about it is the sat nav, which is a shame as the one on my avensis was brilliant. Take care in rural areas especially, it will take you off a nice A road onto single track barely roads with grass growing in the middle! There used to be a fastest v shortest route setting, not any more. Plan ahead or use Google maps instead!

[painfulorwhat]

Most of those driving tips should be a big part of driving an ICE vehicle anyway. Looking ahead, anticipation of road and other drivers, steady acceleration, early slowing down, etc should be “normal” for all drivers irrespective of type of vehicle.

[WalterLoggetti]

Since january this year i have a Yaris Hybrid.

Fantastic car.

Just one question, on the neutral gear, when i should use it?

(If i go to a tunnel car wash, I should use it, right? Like in the manual transmission... sorry for the silly question, it's my first automated transmission :) )

[nickharding]

I have a toyota chr excel model and use mainly in eco mode, the onboard computer says i get between 60 to 80mpg but in reality when i fill up which i do on a weekly basis and work out how much ive used in reality its aprox 50mpg so the onboard computer is way off in what its stating

[robertoedgardo]

A 1997 Prius with Ni-Mh battery (in my country) changes to gasoline mode only if the battery exceeds 45.0 degrees C (113 F). This happens if your trip has a lot of regenerative breaking. It changes to gasoline mode also if you reach 70% full battery (unless it is still quite cold). I use the App Hybrid Assistant with a quality ODBCII to monitor the battery and I am getting and extra 200 km (120miles) for each tank compare to before. This is highly dependent on the kind of route I take.

[bfurl]

I get better mileage in normal mode than eco mode.

I also question the advertised octane ratings at different gas/petrol stations when my mileage suffers for no discernible reason.

[bzen]

Speed limiter is great for steady country road driving. If you are the speed limit, and the gauge is below the 'ECO' threshold, the car will drive in EV mode for a few miles. Blip the throttle if it insists on using the ICE. Highways and motorways, nothing to do but cruise control. City driving, over 72, country roads, over 62 British MPG, highway and motorway, whatever, the slower you drive the less fuel it will use but EV is moot. That's on a Corolla Touring Sport 2.0L.

[ilnnvlw]

My new corolla is a bit of a pain. A blues screen comes up every time I turn the engine on and i have to accept 2 boxes and then OK before the screen disappears, why.
Also on my old Auris I had a readout of actual mpg all the while, I have not managed to be able to get that on the screen and can only find mpg on a graphical screen for each journey. The alternative is an average value which is rubbish when you want to see how well you are driving.
Otherwise its a lot quieter, I have tried out some of the anti collision features to see if they work, and they do. I had a tx come through the other day while driving and could not hear what the tx said even though it was reading it back.
All the above will be investigated over the next week or so.

[FranciaJohnson-bkzp]

Hi I just bought a 2020 vitz hybrid do u have a video explaining all of the features and what all the buttons on the dash board does because my operating manual is in Chinese only

[rosak]

Oh wow so great 👍 and very beautiful 🤩❤️ and very good design with the new 🆕 technology for the new 🆕 generation hument very easy to drive and comfortable ❤