![]() ![]() While towing the Airstream 1,872 miles, for instance, the F-150 averaged just 10.9 mpg.īased on the truck’s trip computer, our best tank average was 22.4 mpg and our worst was 8.7 mpg, the latter occurring while towing the Airstream and running the onboard generator overnight. That’s 31% lower than our truck’s 24 mpg combined estimate, and it illustrates the effect towing can have on overall fuel economy. So what kind of gas mileage is our F-150 hybrid getting? Over the course of 12,015 miles traveled, we’ve added 722 gallons of fuel, which works out to an average of 16.6 mpg. It’s a far cry from the regimented testing procedure the EPA uses when calculating fuel economy, particularly because EPA tests don’t include efficiency-sapping trailering, but it can give you an idea of what kind of gas mileage the F-150 hybrid gets in the real world. In other words, we’ve been using the F-150 like a lot of owners might: towing trailers, taking road trips and driving on city and suburban streets. Additionally, we tested our truck’s optional 7.2-kilowatt Pro Power Onboard generator system, which consumed some fuel that otherwise would have been used to move the truck. We also towed a lightweight Taxa Cricket camper and used a U-Haul auto transport to tow a car on two different occasions. For 2,793 of those miles, the truck was towing a trailer with the majority (1,872 miles) accumulated with a 25-foot Airstream travel trailer in tow. We’ve owned our F-150 Limited hybrid for nearly seven months and have put around 12,000 miles on it. The hybrid is rated at 430 system horsepower and 570 pounds-feet of torque, and a large 30.6-gallon fuel tank gives this full-size pickup an estimated driving range in excess of 700 miles. Those are the highest combined mpg estimates for the 2021 F-150, but the hybrid is also the most powerful drivetrain the F-150 offers - at least until the redesigned F-150 Raptor arrives. ![]() One of the selling points of the 2021 Ford F-150 hybrid is its impressive EPA-estimated gas mileage of 25/26/25 mpg city/highway/combined for rear-wheel-drive versions and 24/24/24 mpg for four-wheel-drive trucks. ![]()
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