By calculations of miles
By calculations of miles driven and gallons filled at 1008 miles I have gotten an average of 32.16 MPG. Not too shabby if it were a standard engine, but pretty poor for a hybrid boasting real results of over 40 MPG. the 2019 NON hybrid suggests 26/35/30 MPG while the 2019 hybrid suggests 38/40/41 MPG. My new hybrid is not even achieving the non-hybrid estimates.
I took my new Rav4 to my local dealer to see if there was a problem. They didn't look at it but instead assured me that after another 1,000-2,000 miles I would be seeing 40 MPG. I get the impression that they are kicking the problem down the road as that is a significant gain in MPG as a result of a "break-in" period. That would be a 25% increase in fuel efficiency simply due to breaking the engine in.
Is Toyota's quality control that poor that one car coming off the line will get over 40 MPG and the next car of the exact same model will get 25% less fuel efficiency? Perhaps mine was made in another location, but then again, that much variation between manufacturing plants?
The sales person assured me that he would see this through. I am skeptical.