2023 Battery Electric Vehicle (EV or BEV) Driving and Fuel Statistics

Writ­ten 4/29/23 — Updat­ed 2/21/2024

Purpose

Report­ing on Trip and Fuel Sta­tis­tics for dri­ving a bat­tery elec­tric vehi­cle (BEV). Specif­i­cal­ly the 2023 Ford Mus­tang Mach-E4

Location

North­ern VA

What

Data obtained from In-car Dash, Ford­Pass App, Charg­ing Sta­tions, and Home Charg­er

Duration

As long as I own the vehi­cle. Start Date: Jan­u­ary 21, 2023

Notes

This is pri­mar­i­ly City dri­ving with mod­er­ate traf­fic

ADJ: “Adjust­ed” — Adjust­ed for a par­tic­u­lar trip’s bat­tery capac­i­ty which is gov­erned by fac­tors such as tem­per­a­ture. Every EV has an ide­al bat­tery capac­i­ty. This can be exceed­ed or under­cut, which there­fore affects the rest of met­rics like MPGe and ener­gy effi­cien­cy.

Aver­age Trip Speed: Not aver­age speed dri­ven dur­ing trip, but speed when tak­ing into account miles dri­ven and time dura­tion of trip

MPGe: Based off the EPA con­ver­sion: 33.705kWh elec­tric­i­ty = 1 gal­lon gaso­line

Aver­age Tem­per­a­ture: As report­ed by Weath­er Under­ground His­tor­i­cal Data for Dulles Air­port

2023 Year Statistics

Trip
Grand TotalsAver­ages
Days Owned344Trip Dura­tion (h)0.5
Hours Spent Dri­ving (h)324.6Bat­tery Used (%)5%
Miles Dri­ven (mi)6916.2Ener­gy Used (kWh)3.1
Ener­gy Used (kWh)2097.7Bat­tery Effi­cien­cy (%)81%
Total Num­ber of Trips681Aver­age Trip Speed (mph)18.4
Fuel
Grand TotalsAver­ages
Days Owned344Cost per kWh ($/kWh)$0.21
Num­ber of Time Charged76Trip Bat­tery used per Charge (%)41%
Hours Spent Charg­ing (h)413.1Charge Rate (kW)5.6
Miles Dri­ven (mi)6952.7Charge Effi­cien­cy (mi/h)19.0
Bat­tery Charged (%)3337%Charge Effi­cien­cy (%/h)8%
Fuel Vol­ume (kWh)2293.8Trip Bat­tery Effi­cien­cy (%)91%
Miles Gained* (mi)7854Trip Fuel Used per Charge (kWh)28.6
Cost ($)$492.01ADJ Trip Fuel used per Charge (kWh)28.6
Trip Bat­tery used (%)3105%Per­cent Used per Mile (%)0.45%
Gas Vol­ume Equiv­a­lent (gal)64.54Tem­per­a­ture (F)58.8
*Miles Gained can exceed Miles Driven/Used due to Bat­tery Effi­cien­cy
MPGe

Based on Fuel Data

MPGe: 102.2 ADJ MPGe: 118.0

Based on Trip Data

MPGe: 111.1 ADJ MPGe: 121.3

EPA Rat­ing

MPGe: 93 com­bined (99 City/86 High­way)

Merge Mansion — Lucky Catch Recurring Event

writ­ten 9/16/23, updat­ed 4/15/24

What

“Merge items to cre­ate rods. Catch Fish! Find and Dis­cov­er Rewards!”

Notes

  • Yel­low Ener­gy is only used in the main game, while Pur­ple Ener­gy is used only for the event
  • Yel­low Ener­gy may be used to buy Pur­ple Ener­gy in the Event Store
  • 1 Pur­ple Ener­gy is restored every 20 min­utes (up to 50 total)
  • Pur­ple Ener­gy can also be recov­ered through chain merges in the main game (denot­ed by icon on ran­dom items)
  • Fish­ing Rod and Fish­ing Tools are rem­i­nis­cent of Fish­ing Rod and Tack­le Box from the Joys of the Sea Col­lec­tion Event ear­li­er this year
  • The high­er the lev­el of fish­ing rod (Nor­mal, Pro­fes­sion­al, Leg­endary) the high­er chance of catch­ing rar­er fish
  • Odds are ter­ri­ble for catch­ing high­er rar­i­ty fish
  • I don’t know how it’s expect­ed to get 5ish Mar­lins when I could­n’t even get enough Yel­lowfin Tuna to get a gold frame and there­fore medal! I guess with lots of mon­ey sunk into?
  • Fish vari­eties change by sea­son

Quick Jump

Main Game Merge Man­sion Item Guide (click me!)

Merging Chains (A‑Z)

Digital Camera

From: Event Start

Items Obtained: Wood­en Frame

Note: Feed a Fish to a cam­era

Text: “Take a snap­shot of your fish!

Feather Lures

From: Wood­en Frame

Items Obtained: Leg­endary Rod

Chain: Feath­er Lure > Two Feath­er Lures > Feath­er Jig > Two Feath­er Jigs > Feath­er Hat > Feath­er Cab­i­net (max)

Text: “There is an art to mak­ing these; Their col­ors com­pli­ment [sic] each oth­er; A fan­cy look­ing jig; If fish­ing by reeds, it’s good to have a spare lure; Obvi­ous­ly, you need a dif­fer­ent hat when fish­ing with feath­ers and jogs; Don’t just stow your equip­ment. Dis­play it

Fishing Clothes

From: Rod (rare drop)

Items Obtained: Ulti­mate Fish­ing Rod x2

Chain: Fish­ing Boots > Fish­ing Hat > Fish­ing Coat > Fish­ing Clothes (max)

Text: “Trusty old boot; Keep that sun out of your eye; Don’t let rain stop your fish­ing trip; Stow it all away when you’re done

Fishing Rod

From: Fish­ing Tools lvl 6+

Items Obtained: Splash of Water, Fish (Snap­per, Roost­er­fish, Dora­do, Yel­lowfin Tuna, Wahoo, Mar­lin), Fish­ing Boot

Chain: Fish­ing Line > Plen­ty of Fish­ing Line > Fish­ing Net > Land­ing Net > Rod, Hook and Line (max)

Tip: Total­ly ran­dom what you will get, so chain as many as you can! I found that there’s a bet­ter chance of get­ting a Mar­lin with this reg­u­lar rod than high­er lev­el rods

Text: “You won’t be catch­ing any­thing with­out this; Prob­a­bly a good idea to have some spares; Some would con­sid­er this cheat­ing; Land that fish in style; It’s all you need, real­ly…

Fishing Tool Cabinet

From: Event Start

Items Obtained: Fish­ing Tools items

Text: “Keep your fish­ing clothes in order

Fishing Tools

From: Fish­ing Tools Cab­i­net

Items Obtained: Fish­ing Rod items

Chain: Fish­ing Float > Box of Fish­ing Line > Basic Lure > Min­now Lure > Plug Lure > Trav­el Tack­le Box > Basic Tack­le Box > Assort­ed Tack­le Box­es > Deluxe Tack­le Box > Large Tack­le Box (max)

Note: High­er lev­els deliv­er high­er lev­el items

Taps: 30 taps before revert­ing to low­er lev­el

Text: “When it bobs… Pull! It is always handy to keep some spare line with you; A tasty lure to catch fish; This min­now dances in the water; Irre­sistable [sic] to any large fish; You nev­er know when you’ve got to fish; A good con­tain­er for an assort­ment of fish­ing equip­ment; Each type of lure in its own box; For those you orga­nize every­thing; And for those who just take EVERYTHING along

Fishing Trophy

From: Frames

Chain: Stone Fish­ing Tro­phy > Bronze Fish­ing tro­phy > Sil­ver Fish­ing Tro­phy > Gold Fish­ing Tro­phy (max)

Note: Dou­ble-tap Gold Fish­ing Tro­phy for 1 event point

Text: “Well done! You got a prize; Oh, that was­n’t enough for you, was it? This one is pret­ty heavy with excep­tion­al crafts­man­ship

Professional Fishing Rod

From: Boat Wreck­age (Water)

Items Obtained: Splash of Water, Fish

Text: “If you want to com­pete, you need offi­cial­ly sanc­tioned gear!

Purple Energy

From: Pic­ture Frames

Items Obtained: Event Ener­gy

Chain: Pur­ple Ener­gy lev­els 1 — 4

Ener­gy: 2 > 6 > 16 > 40

Trophy Case

From: Cob­web Box

Items Obtained: ??

Note: Feed 7 Fish­ing Medal­lions

Text: “All it needs is a tro­phy

Ultimate Fishing Medallion

From: Gold Frame

Note: Feed to Tro­phy Case; 7 total in game, one for each fish vari­ety

Text: “You did it! You are the ulti­mate fish­er!

Ultimate Fishing Rod

From: Feath­er Cab­i­net (Feath­er Lures)

Items Obtained: Splash of Water, Fish (Tar­pon, Wahoo, Mar­lin)

Text: “When you want to catch every fish in the sea… Accept no sub­sti­tute

Water

From: Fish­ing Rods

Items Obtained: Pro­fes­sion­al Fish­ing Rod

Chain: Splash of Water> Drop of Water > Spilled Water > Pud­dle of Water > Pond of Water > Sunken Boat > Half Sunken Boat > Boat Wreck­age (max)

Text: “When fish­ing, you can’t avoid it; Almost like a lit­tle lens! Best to mop it up before some­one slips on it; Kids love jump­ing into these; Great in Gar­dens; This boat has seen bet­ter days; There might be a hole in it; Yep… There’s a hole in it

Frames

From: Dig­i­tal Cam­era

Items Obtained: Fish­ing Tro­phy, Pur­ple Ener­gy, Fish­ing Tools, Feath­er Lure items, Ulti­mate Fish­ing Medal, Gems

Note: Feed request­ed num­ber of fish to frames to receive items and upgrade the frame mate­r­i­al; once gold is reached, only 1 fish need­ed to ful­fill frame for feath­er lures

Taps: Wood (7), Sil­ver (12–17), Gold (12–18)

Fish

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