Glossary
The words MileWorks uses, A to Z · 49 terms
- Achievement
- A Passbook badge earned from your log alone, on the day of the entry that earned it. How stamps and achievements are earned →
- ≈ (an estimate)
- A figure marked ≈ is worked out, not read: distance run on past a car’s last reading at its own pace, or a plug-in hybrid’s split before your tanks measure it. What counts in miles driven? →
- At the pump
- A plug-in hybrid’s MPG from its fill-ups alone, the electric miles counted too, so it reads high. Why does my plug-in hybrid’s MPG look so good? →
- Automatic region
- Moves the flags, the average prices, the map and the units on Current to your newest entry with a place. Automatic region →
- Border crossing
- An odometer reading with the country you entered: free, and the place you choose is where you are. Border crossings →
- Borrowed car
- Someone else’s car for a while, with Settle up for what you owe its owner. Borrowed cars →
- Business share
- The part of a car’s driving that was business: its business trips’ distance over its odometer’s for the year. For your taxes →
- Comparison car
- The car savings are measured against: one you set per vehicle, else an average new car. Targets, EPA ratings, NRCan and savings →
- Current and Home
- With a home region, each kind of unit shows by where you are (Current) or by where you’re from (Home). Home and away →
- Dash accuracy
- Off by default: log what the car’s display said and see how far off it reads. Why doesn’t it match the car’s display? →
- DEF
- Diesel exhaust fluid: logged with a diesel’s fill-up, kept out of its fuel economy and price. Grade, DEF and the station →
- Drivetrain codes
- ICE an engine, HEV a hybrid, PHEV a plug-in hybrid, BEV battery electric, FCEV a hydrogen fuel cell. What + offers, at which level →
- EPA rating
- The official figure from fueleconomy.gov, for a vehicle picked from the EPA list. Targets, EPA ratings, NRCan and savings →
- Full tank
- A fill-up where the pump clicked off: it closes a tank. I didn’t fill the tank all the way →
- Full-tank method
- Fuel economy from one full fill-up to the next: the odometer distance over all the fuel added in between. How fuel economy is measured →
- Gig work
- What a platform paid you (Uber, Lyft, DoorDash…), less what the driving cost. Gig work →
- Grade
- The fuel as your country’s pumps name it (Regular 87, Super E10, SP95-E10…); optional. Grade, DEF and the station →
- Home rate
- What you pay per kWh at home, with time-of-use periods if your plan has them. Your home rate →
- Home region
- Where you’re from: its units stay fixed beside the ones where you are. Home and away →
- Home total
- One charging entry for a period, such as a month, from your charger’s or car’s app. A charging session or a home total →
- km/L
- Kilometers per liter: higher is better. It’s MPG (US) × 0.425. Settings, in six groups →
- L/100 km
- The liters it takes to drive 100 km: lower is better. It’s 235.2 ÷ MPG (US). Settings, in six groups →
- Lite, Plus and Pro
- MileWorks’s three levels, each with everything in the one below. Lite, Plus and Pro →
- Lock
- Something past your level shows a lock or its PLUS or PRO tag, and opens the plans. Lite, Plus and Pro →
- mi/kWh and kWh/100 km
- An electric car’s efficiency: distance per kWh charged (higher is better), or kWh per 100 of distance (lower is better). Charging efficiency and battery health →
- Missed fill-up
- A greyed placeholder for a fill-up you didn’t log, so that stretch stays out of fuel economy. I forgot to log a fill-up →
- Moved there?
- The Dash’s offer to make a place your region after three entries there over a week or more. Welcomes on the Dash, and “Moved there?” →
- MPG (UK)
- Miles per imperial gallon (4.546 liters): about 1.2 × US MPG. Settings, in six groups →
- MPGe
- Miles per gallon-equivalent: electricity counted as gasoline, 33.705 kWh to the gallon. Why does my plug-in hybrid’s MPG look so good? →
- NRCan
- Natural Resources Canada’s official rating, beside the EPA’s for an owner in Canada. Targets, EPA ratings, NRCan and savings →
- Parked vehicle
- Back on Lite, a vehicle past the two kept in use: greyed out, its log kept. When a subscription ends →
- Partial
- A fill-up that stopped before the pump clicked off: its fuel folds into the next full tank. I didn’t fill the tank all the way →
- Passbook
- Your lifetime record at the top of Stats: places, stamps, achievements and records. The Passbook →
- Recap
- A short PDF of last month, or last year, offered on the Dash. PDF reports and the recap →
- Reimbursement report
- A PDF of your business trips for an employer. Reimbursement report →
- Rental
- A car hired for a trip: a vehicle with a pickup and a return. Rental cars →
- Set by me
- The region stays where you chose it: the default, beside Automatic. Automatic region →
- Settle up
- What you owe a borrowed car’s owner, counted by the day from the pickup. Borrowed cars →
- Show both
- The other unit in brackets, smaller, under the big numbers. Home and away →
- Stamp
- A Passbook stamp: made only from an entry in your log, with its date and the place’s flag. How stamps and achievements are earned →
- Starting odometer
- Where a car’s log starts: set it only if the tank was full at that reading. Where the log starts →
- Stretch
- The distance between two readings: a tank for fuel, two charges with the odometer for an electric car. How fuel economy is measured →
- Tank
- From one full fill-up to the next, partial ones folded in: what fuel economy is measured on. How fuel economy is measured →
- Target
- The rating you type for a car typed in, or once you change the EPA’s: the app calls it yours. Targets, EPA ratings, NRCan and savings →
- Tax package
- A PDF of the year’s log for your tax preparer or accountant. For your taxes →
- Time-of-use
- Rates that change with the hour, the weekday or the month; your home rate can have them. Your home rate →
- VIN
- The 17-character vehicle number: Look up by VIN fills in the year, make and model. Add a vehicle →
- Weekly summary
- A notification once a week with your distance, fuel economy and spending, off until you turn it on. Reminders and notifications →
- Welcome
- The Dash’s card when an entry is in another country, state or province, while following. Welcomes on the Dash, and “Moved there?” →