And how are you driving it? Details, please.

Also give it a little time for break-in

 

Mostly on the OCAR but small town driving about 20% of time. I drive about 80 on the freeway.

 

when our 2014.5 Camry Hybrid was new it would float up and down beween 42 and 38 mpg. But, depends on weather and terrain. We also use Costco gas. PLus, depends on how much city vs country, hwy vs road, vs stop n go. Weather also, cold always uses more gas. See the avg at the times at fillup of the gas tank, see what it is when you get a few months on it. How much weight you have loaded too. Ideal conditions will always be more mpg. Add hills, and high speeds it wil drop a bit. Perfect conditons, weather flat, no traffic etc,, at 65 mpg or less should be 42, maybe more... traffic, some hills, and a couple people inside 38-40 mpg would be about it. Cut speed back to 60 mpg and add 1-2 mpg. Of course I am speaking with my 2014.5 hybrid xle. Also if you have the factory low resistant tires mpg goes up too. IMHO

 

1. Check your tire pressures. Dealers are supposed to set them before the car leaves the lot, but often don't. Don't assume that they are set correctly just because the TPMS light isn't on. Tire pressure can impact your MPG a lot more than you'd think.

2. What's the weather been like? What are your climate control settings? If you live in an area where the HVAC system has to work harder to bring the cabin up to (or down to) a set temperature, that will impact MPG significantly.

3. Your speed on the highway (80mph) will also lower MPG. Higher speeds = lower MPG.

4. How quickly you accelerate, or how often you have to accelerate to get the car up to speed will impact your MPG. While around town the car will sometimes stay in electric mode depending on how aggressive you are accelerating, bringing the car up highway speeds will result in the gas engine providing power, which leads to lower MPG.

5. In general, the car will get slightly better MPG once the gas engine is broken in a bit.

6. Cold starts will lower MPG. The gas engine will generally run until it is brought up to normal operating temperature- and it will cycle on and off to keep it at temperature regardless of if it is needed or not. The more frequently you start your car (especially for short trips), the lower your MPG will be... and this will have a large impact on your overall MPG if it happens frequently.

I'm not saying that any or all of these apply to you or your situation... but it might help explain why your MPG isn't as high as you'd like.

Good luck.

 

My 2022 camry hybrid xse is only getting 34 to 36 mpg city! Climate set at 73, mid fan and on eco. Trying my best to coast every where. Down hill on highway, I may get the advertised mpg but not on straight away. Very disappointed.

 

Aside from break in, is your expectation of 44-47 based on EPA ratings, if so what was your mileage on the Prius relative to EPA?

 

Expected is perfect scenario - city driving with pulse and glide.

 

I drive our SE normally, averaging between 44-51 mpg using it as a normal car. Your mileage is low....

 

How do you drive your car. Just curious. I had the hybrid le model and during the summer on hwy driving I average 55mpg. Record is 59 mpg. During the winter months it drops to upper 40s mpg.

 

Picked my 22 Nightshade SE up today up today drove it about 450 miles home for 41mpg going 80 plus mph and I was enjoying myself a little on the on ramps and a little passing maneuvers to see what the car can do. I have no doubt I can see EPA rating and above if I tried.

 

After driving it for a few weeks now MPG is very well tied to how you drive and where. I take a 45 min trip in one direction thats mostly up hills and its getting 40 MPG. On the way back its getting 65 MPG, this isn't a surprise. If I use cruise control in the middle lane I can get maybe 5-8 MPG more than a more "spirited" driving style. Too many factors to promise a single number.

 

Yes, I drive very conservative in my hybrid Le and usually get 55mpg during the summer and about 47 mpg in the winter. My record is 59 mpg.

 

My '18 TCH gets 44 mpg routinely and I've gotten as high as 48.2. My '13 gets 36-38 mpg with the wife driving it, better when I drive it. The factors seem to be temperature, where I buy gas, and how I drive it. I'm always in ECO mode but the car seems to have a sweet spot. When its ~65-80 it seems to do its best, mileage does drop slightly when out of that range. I felt like my performance was lacking slightly so I recently ran some Techron through my '18 and it improved by 2 mpg after a tankful. I'm at 80 mph on my way into work every day, I can run on battery a lot at high speed, my '13 won't do that and it hurts its mileage.

 

I average about 46mpg give or take a couple mpg depending on how I drive for the day driving normally. I can easily get over 50mpg if I adjust my driving style slightly. Had the car less than two months but already put over 3k miles on it. Couple road trips were about half that.

 

Which camry hybrid do you have?

 

OP, don't need to worry about it. That's the real/actual MPG you get.

I average around 40 mpg with my driving style and I have an LE Hybrid (Toyota ad: 51/53 mpg).

 

Wow, during the summer months I get 55 mpg, during the winter months it's 48 mpg. My record best is 59 mpg.

 

I get 40 mpg easy on the LE non-hybrid. Almost 48 if I obey the speed limit and leave it on radar cruise control (This is what happens when you abide by the speed limit)
I'm disappointed to see the hybrid perform similar. Must be the driving style?

 

Your seeing the same mpg in the hybrid vs the ice?

 

Under 40 mpg is common in the winter months for the Camry Hybrid. But in the city, the ICE Camry will never sniff anywhere near 40 mpg.

 

I have an LE Hybrid and I only get 38 on highway with my driving style.

 

38mpg on the highway doing 80mph is about right. If most of your driving is on the highway you are not braking or decelerating to allow the batteries to recharge. The electric motor will not kick in. You will driving on gasoline only for the most part. I have a 2020 Avalon hybrid Limited. When I do 85mpg with the A/C on I get 37mpg on the highway. When I drive around town in the summer with windows open I consistently get 48-49mpg. Winter months I still get 43mpg. As everyone has stated it is how you drive where you drive. These cars shine in city driving versus highway driving when you want higher mpg.

 

Hit 59 mpg hwy driving on a 10 hour road trip. All freeway. Yes, I was traveling about 65 mph the whole trip.

 

Has anyone noticed how quickly the mpg begins to go down if you turn on the heat? Even while sitting idle, you can turn on the heat and literally within two minutes, the miles per gallon will begin to shave off instantly. This is my second Camry hybrid and I feel as if the first didn't do that.

 

Using the heat forces the engine to turn on, heat the coolant, and send it to your heater core. Running the engine, especially at idle, will drop your MPG. It's possible the older Camry didn't calculate this as well as the newer one?

 

Just an FYI... here, Again...If you are using the mpg info from the computer on the dash you will never know your true mileage. Ive seen 70's mpg and would never state those #s as to wot I'm getting on the hybrid. If you reset the trip odometer after every fill up and divide the gallons used to fill up your car into the miles on that tank of gas you will then know the true miles per gallons you achieved on that tank of gas.
As a shade tree mechanic and former drag racer , I very much am pleased with this car and if driving on the north way, 70mpg is as fast as I wish to push her. If your plowing along at 80 in a hybrid you've got the wrong car for your driving style. I get into the mid 50's mpg duing warmer months.
Another thing to consider are the rear brakes. if you live in the north east they will drag and prematurely wear out if not cleaned and lubed yearly, further reducing mpg performance

 

Btw, if you’re in a cold climate and driving on the superslab 39 mpg ain’t too chaby. I saw 33 mpg in January using SS @ 70mph. Tooling around the countryside in the summer you can see mid 50’s. Keeping a steady and soft pedal, milking that powerpac ! Good luck !

 

Btw, if you’re in a cold climate and driving on the superslab 39 mpg ain’t too chaby. I saw 33 mpg in January using SS @ 70mph. Tooling around the countryside in the summer you can see mid 50’s. Keeping a steady and soft pedal, milking that powerpac ! Good luck !

Good to know. I've gotten mine this past December

 

Cold weather will effect efficiency. Also make sure your spark plugs, and air filter is routinely changed.

 

I live in Wisconsin, so a fairly cold climate.

Bought my 2019 XLE Hybrid just before Thanksgiving of last year, so I have no idea what the summer mileage is on it.

Over the winter I have seen average on a tank of gas of between 35 to 38mpg. There seems to be a dramatic increase in mileage if the temperature is above 32F. I also do a lot of very short distance driving which helps nothing. I have taken a couple of long distance trip between 600 to 1400 miles and average 40mpg on those trips.

The hybrid system seems to like trip distances of at least 5 to 10 miles and an air temp above 40 to really get the best mileage. The few times I have taken trips fitting those conditions, trip specific mileage is between 45 to 50mpg.

Now that spring is coming, it will be interesting to see what mileage it gets in warmer temps.

 

Yes, once it warms up the gas mileage will increase. I've owned my hybrid for over 6 years now and it usually increases about 5 mpg during the summer. Cold temperatures are hard on the battery so it won't be as efficient which is why you notice the significant difference. Granted, it's also involves your driving habits.

 

You’re not specific with your driving conditions and ambient temperature around your area. I have the same year as you, when I first bought the car new, I was not driving a lot on it, on normal mode I think I was getting 40 mpg, then I started uber and Lyft, I was getting 45 to 46 average, although I drove mostly highway. One of my friend told me in order to save gas drive on eco. So now I’m getting around 52. So the point I’m making is it’s normal, to get the most out of it is you have to drive a lot, but you don’t drive uber or Lyft, so you will not get the most out of this car. Hope this helps.

 

I have the 2022 Camry SE Hybrid. I cruise 65 mph or the freeway, and I have my tires inflated at 38 psi. MInd you I have winter tires on and I still get 50 mpg. The roll resistance is a lot higher on winter tires vs all season tires or summer tires. My best mpg so far is 55 mpg.

 

Same with my 2023 Camry Hybrid XSE with only 7,200 miles in it. Last tank was only 34.6mpg. ?
Should have kept my Ford Fusion Titanium Hybrid It always averaged 42 to 44 mpg.