Bogus Eco gauge

SkookumPete

SkookumPete

Well-Known Member
A thread on Youtube made me aware that the white arc on the Eco mode circular gauge does not measure the power applied but the position of the throttle pedal. If you're slowing but modulating the regen with the pedal, it may show maximum efficient throttle even though the system is in a neutral state, i.e. coasting. It makes me wonder about the usefulness of this display.
 
The only thing I like about the Eco gauge is the amount of regen displayed above it. The gauge itself isn't useful. I use the heads up display so the speed display in the gauge is redundant.
 
I use ECO exclusively and have never bothered to try to analyse that part of the display. I don't worry about using a heavy accelerator pedal - all the power I apply goes towards gaining kinetic energy at nearly the same efficiency, unlike an ICE with a complicated specific fuel consumption map and multi-ratio gearing. It's the aerodynamic and regen losses that costs me.
 
I don't think it matters if it displays throttle position or something else. It's about the relative difference in how much you paid on the throttle and what the car thinks is economical. It could just be a gauge of green, orange and red. That would do the exact same thing.

Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk
 
I've been staring at the Eco gauge since day two, 3 months ago and have no clue what those shifty semi-circles represent. None. Maybe there's a description somewhere in the manual but, seriously, shouldn't I have been able to figure it out?
 
It's throttle position. The or ring tells you how much you can push it until you are not efficient anymore. The inner one is you pushing on the throttle. If you push to hard on the gas it goes further down than the suggested green Arc and therefore you are wasting energy.

That's about it. [emoji6]

Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk
 
Esprit1st said:
It's throttle position. The or ring tells you how much you can push it until you are not efficient anymore. The inner one is you pushing on the throttle. If you push to hard on the gas it goes further down than the suggested green Arc and therefore you are wasting energy.

That's about it. [emoji6]

Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Oh. So on a couple occasions I saw little bits of red. I guess that's where the inside ring surpassed the outside one? Never figured that out for myself. Thanks for the explanation.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top