Eco Guide
The Eco guide is one of the screens in the MID. It rewards continuous improvement in fuel economy by "growing" five plant icons, one leaf at a time, based on fuel-efficient driving. The Eco guide has three progressively difficult Eco stages: The first stage can grow two leaves on each of the five plants; the second can grow four leaves on each plant; the third stage can grow a blossom on each plant.
In addition, an Eco drive bar at the bottom of the Eco guide gives the driver real-time fuel economy information. A longer bar indicates lower fuel economy, and a shorter bar indicates higher fuel economy.
The PCM adds data to the Eco guide by forming an Eco drive profile. The PCM sends the Eco drive profile to the gauge control module via F-CAN. When the gauge control module receives the Eco drive profile data, it responds by adding the data to the Eco guide.