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#1 ·
First Tank today, 40.3 mpg indicated, 40.6 Actual. About 60% freeway miles

I'm amazed it is that close. We'll see how it averages out.
 
#6 ·
Not good mpg so far after 2 days since purchase

Bought my new Kia Niro EX on March 22nd. Never had a Kia nor a hybrid so have learning curve. I have put 35 miles on car (all city) and disappointed because mileage readout shows about. 28-30 mpg in Eco mode. I expected 47-52 as advertise for city. Does the mpg improve after a break-in period? Right now I'm worried I might have a lemon?


Kianewbie777
 
#8 ·
Bought my new Kia Niro EX on March 22nd. Never had a Kia nor a hybrid so have learning curve. I have put 35 miles on car (all city) and disappointed because mileage readout shows about. 28-30 mpg in Eco mode. I expected 47-52 as advertise for city. Does the mpg improve after a break-in period? Right now I'm worried I might have a lemon?


Kianewbie777
I would guess your driving......................
 
#17 ·
Fully loaded Touring. 33 miles freeway commute each way with heavy stop and go most days. 3500 miles in - manually calculated I get between 47 and 49 mpg per tank. Individual trips gets in the 50s based on the screen, it's only local running to the store trips dragging me down.
 
#28 ·
Hey all, Kia and Hybrid noob here, but at just over 1k miles ( in just over 2 weeks of owning it) I'm still getting use to it. I had a heavily modified car, so going to this is a drastic change. But I am loving skipping the 2+ extra fill ups a month I figure will be saving!
Averaging around 45-50 mpg in 80% rush hour highway miles.
 
#32 ·
Eco-mode includes a wide range of driving habits. Concentrate on driving the Niro in the "EV" mode for the best mpg's. I've found that once you get the car up to speed, let off on the accelerator just a SLIGHT bit until the green EV light illuminates...and hold it there as best you can. With nearly 4000 miles on our EX, we've averaged over 52 mpg on EVERY tankful so far...and that includes a mix of highway and rural-road driving.
 
#33 ·
First tank results

Computer indicated MPG: 47.1 mpg
Actual MPG calculations: 46.08 mpg
Miles on first tank: 492.7 miles
Fuel fill up: 10.69 gallons

492.7 miles
÷
10.69 gallons
=
46.08 mpg

This is about 15 mpg better than the 2012 Honda Civic LX I traded in.

I'm gonna try to clear 50 mpg on the next tank.
 
#34 ·
4th tank of gas, mileage has increased each fillup... 40.6, 42.0, 43.4, 44.4

Avg. for 4 tanks = 43.0 I was only planning on 40, so I'm well satisfied.

Average indicated computer mpg is 0.3 - 0.4 mpg too optimistic....which is closer than I'm used to.
 
#35 ·
Averaging 40-ish on third tank. Lots of hills where we live, and mainly high-speed highway driving, which isn't as economical as low speed, electric driving. And, we use 'sport' mode a bunch on ramps and inclines. But the 40mpg is still 5 mpg better than our fraudulent, VW Diesel farce.
 
#37 ·
For those worried about getting a Touring because of the reduced gas milage.
I have 7,500 miles... I am routinely getting 47-49 mpg per tank (manually calculated) and getting 50+ for trips to work and back.

in fact I have only had one tank at below 47 - I got 42 on this last one because I was playing with sport and did a lot of short town trips.

Caveat:
I usually am alone in my commute driving
I usually have bumper to bumper for 30 miles each way
I use the driver only AC setting
 
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