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Economy, Stats, Dash · 19 questions
- Why is there no MPG yet?MPG is measured from one full tank to the next, so it needs two full fill-ups: the first is where the log starts (its fuel was burned before you began), and the second…
- How fuel economy is measuredMiles between full fill-ups divided by all the fuel added in between. Partial fill-ups fold into the next full tank. This is more accurate than the car’s dash, which…
- Why doesn’t it match the car’s display?The pump measures what actually went into the tank; the car estimates from its own sensors, and most dashes read a few percent high. One tank can also be off either way…
- Why does my plug-in hybrid’s MPG look so good?Its MPG at the pump counts every mile, the electric ones too, against only the gas you bought, so it gets better the more you plug in; the app labels it “at the pump”.
- What counts in miles driven?Every odometer you log. Miles driven is one figure everywhere: from a car’s first odometer reading to its latest, counting the odometer of every fill-up, charging…
- Charging efficiency and battery healthmi/kWh comes from the odometer: the distance between two readings and every kWh charged in between, losses included. With the battery % before and after a charge, Stats…
- Where and when you chargeWhere you charge is free, in Stats → Charging; when you charge is in Habits.
- Cost per mile, cost of ownership, value, loan or leasePlusStats → Costs: everything the car costs, per mile, per month and per day. Add a purchase price for the value lost, and a loan or lease for its payments and interest.
- Targets, EPA ratings, NRCan and savingsTargets are the EPA ratings from fueleconomy.gov for a vehicle picked from the EPA list; for one typed in, or once you change a rating it gave, the ratings you type are…
- Stats: categories, ranges, deeper chartsPick a category and a range (1W … All); each range is compared with the same stretch just before it. Drag across a chart to read any point.
- The average fuel and electricity prices on the DashIn the US (its states and DC), Canada, the EU, the UK, Norway, New Zealand and Western Australia the Dash can show the official average fuel price, and in the US your…
The Passbook
- The PassbookOpen it from the top of Stats: your lifetime record, every vehicle, whatever is selected. Its stamps and achievements are earned from your own log, never made up.
- Which places count, and the distance therePlusWith the full Passbook (Plus), Places lists every country, state and province you’ve logged an entry in, with its flag, what you bought and spent there, and the miles…
- How stamps and achievements are earnedA stamp for each milestone, and with the full Passbook for each new place, border crossing and car picked up abroad. Achievements are free at every level. Each comes…
- Share my driving, or my PassbookUnder the cover, Share my driving makes a picture of your distance, fill-ups, spending and best tank, free at every level. Share my Passbook (Plus) adds the counts…
- The Passbook’s mapPlusWith the full Passbook, its map shows every gas station and public charger you’ve stopped at, on your region’s map. In the phone app, tap it for one you can drag and…
- Where did the Logbook go?It’s the Passbook, at the top of Stats; old links still open it.
The screens
- The DashThe first tab: what matters at a glance, for the vehicles chosen at its top. First what needs an answer, then this month, Coming up and your loan and value.
- HistoryEvery entry is a ticket, newest first, grouped by month. Tap a ticket to open it in full; Details edits it, and a fill-up’s or public charge’s ticket opens its station’s…
Still have a question?The support page covers the rest, and in the app the ? at the top right of every screen opens the answer for that screen.
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