Your Car's ECO Score Meter: How it Works and How to Get Better MPG Using it!

How to use your car's ECO Score Meter. Use it to get optional MPG!

Toyota RAV4 is America's best-selling SUV and it has been for 3 years. Look at this video of the 2020 RAV4 XSE Hybrid. See a 2021 RAV4 XSE Hybrid review and Toyota RAV4 XSE Hybrid review. I will show you 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid mpg.

Some people call it 2021 RAV4 XSE Hybrid and others call it 2021 RAV4 Hybrid XSE. Either is fine :)

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[Kindness]

Getting over 43 mpg after some practice in my new RAV4 hybrid! Initially, I was doing too much. I was trying to use the electric ability as much as possible. Watching the graphic engine power graphic...charging the battery/using the battery...trying to avoid the ICE. Shooting for the "Pulse and glide method." After about 4 weeks, I embraced some ideas that have earned 3mpg better. First, I learned that using the electric battery (process of charging the electric battery with the gas engine) is not without its own parasitic drain...and second, the ICE engine is very efficient in its own right. So, I started doing less jockeying of the vehicle to "stay in electric" and let it do it's own thing...It will do the work for you! It will choose the most efficient mode of operation. I do look ahead to anticipate stops and incorporate coasting time. I do speed up gradually. In forums and on youtube I've seen the proposal to: "get up to speed so you can coast and get off the ICE engine." This sounds well thought out...and I wasn't gunning it to get to speed either...just not delaying....anyway...it wasn't panning out. I just speed up gradually...slow down gradually and let the car do the rest. 43.6 mpg average now. It was enlightening to me to see the vehicle get its best numbers after taking a highway trip when it should be less efficient as hybrids go. But...the highway driving limited my ability to jockey the electric battery and I had to allow the vehicle to do its own thing. And surprise, surprise...the average mpg shot up. I thought what Jeff suggested here was too simplistic. Turns out he's absolutely right. It's just that simple.

[colleendouglas]

I always saw the message and eco score at the end of my drive in my new Toyota RAV4 but never understood how to monitor the hybrid meter until now. Excellent explanation, thank you so much!

[Wildflower]

I bought a used 2021 rav4 hybrid last weekend and I told my dad the ecoscore was going to make me a better and safer driver! I have a tendency to brake a little hard and accelerate a little hard, but I'll have fun training my driving to maximize my fuel economy!!

[TheBullshit]

My score is so bad, my car hates me😅 good job Jeff

[robertbrodine]

Thanks Jeff, that was great! Maybe sometime you could do a demo of how you use all the sensors to help you parallel park.

[henryhonda]

Another great video Jeff. Not sure if you mentioned this but you can also put your heating/cooling in Eco mode also and also by setting the temp cooler in cold temps & set the temp higher in hot it all adds up to higher mpg. My new XSE is always in eco mode & my temp button in eco mode 98% of the time (only when it's extremely cold I'll take it off eco mode for a few minutes until the interior warms up a bit).

[anischab]

According to the speed, there is a blue line creeping up, your foot must bring the green line just at the end of the blue line (ideal) or just left to its end (not as far left as possible. For coasting, if you can just put the foot on the accelator a little bit, just the force needed to charge the battery, you get more coasting distance. Rav4Prime driver from Germany.

[crystalclarity]

I’ve put 8, 900 miles on my hybrid RAV4 Limited since driving it off the showroom two months ago. I took a long 7, 000 mile trip and averaged around 43 mpg. I go for max efficiency and so I drive it in Eco Mode nearly all of the time and use EV mode as often as possible. So far, I have seriously enjoyed the car and have found little to be annoyed about!

[Tony-jbue]

Thanks for sharing this with us Jeff. It's nice to know now just how this works. I never knew just how this worked and now I have a little better understanding of it. If you would not have shared this video I probably would never have known just how this works. I love when you do videos like this and show us little things with different vehicles that we might not have known. I try to drive more careful but not always easy to do depending on what kind of traffic I am in. I know I tend to be a little bit to much of a lead foot person and need to back off more. I know if I baby my vehicle a little more my MPG would go up a little more and that would help.

[chriskelly]

It's nice how it trains you on how to get better mpg

[SJohnson-rrvy]

There's really nothing on YouTube that explains the Eco Score screen so I appreciate it. I have a 2024 Corolla Cross Hybrid so find the video somewhat outdated and not as helpful as I had hoped because my car's layout of Eco Score screen is a bit different than the one on the video. Regardless. I enjoy your channel's content, Jeff!

[mongini]

My best was a 97 on that eco score with my 2.0 Corolla Touring Sports. Had a MPG of 69 (nice!) on that drive.

[DistributistHound]

Corolla 2022 HE owner here,
cruising score: is quite easy to get it high as long as yo maintain a bell curve from start to stop nor a roller coaster type of driving which will happen with moderate traffic or in hilly terrain.
Acceleration: I've notice that the higher score is obtained when you accelerate close to the pwr zone although it may seem counterintuitive because the ICE kicks in sooner but that way I've obtain the 5 bars, the fun part is that you really get that torque from the motor and a almost exciting acceleration the doubtful part is that mpg meter has gone lower while applying this technique but dunno if it's caused by it or maybe other factor like the tire psi which I haven't check in 3 months.
Braking: this is the hardest for me beacuse I always begin braking long before get fully stopped however if you don't calculate this well I end up pressing more the pedal in the last meters and this is penalized by the score meter on the other hand sometimes I begin pressing a bit more the pedal at the beginning of the deceleration but just too much pressing the pedal and again this is penalized, so my best result is pressing a little bit and getting the longest distance possible before coming to a full stop without pressing the pedal too much. Then you have the B gear which helps when driving above 30miles per hour or on steep decends but unsure of its efficiency to produce electricity so far

[huggerz]

Yeah my eco score is always kind of low even though I use my cruise control 90% of the time. I even accelerate using my cruise control primarily

[alexs]

Mom I had a car accident.
Texting again?
No, I was looking at my eco score.

[larz]

Love your entertaining videos, Jeff. Thanks for posting. I have a RAV4 LE hybrid. Since gas went over $4/ gallon, I'm driving like a 90 yr old grandma. Upsetting a few people behind me but averaging 48 mpg since filling up yesterday. I Use EV mode in the neighborhood.

[verykerrietv]

This video is the greatest help in me understanding my toyota hybrid more. Thank you so much!!

[cindyhappel]

Thank you for this video! You’re helping me learn my new RAV4 XLE Premium Hybrid!!!!

[RavenHybrid-pvfs]

Jeff, l got a 2022 Rav4 hybrid and in ego mode I ran 182.3 miles and got 69.8 mpg, it equals 51cents a mile..👍🇺🇲

[dj]

The eco score is my standard screen. Don't like the MPG because I'll fixate on it. With the eco score, I just keep an eye that the "green" bar less than the "blue" bar most of the time and everything works out. Don't use ECO and 45-46 in town during the Summer, but only about 30-32 in the Winter in Iowa. Not complaining though, 30 in the Winter is pretty good.