What is Hypermiling? Essentially it is driving in such a way as to squeeze every possible mile out of every drop of gasoline.
There’s a guy named Wayne Gerdes who can get 59mpg in a Honda Accord.
No, it doesn’t involve putting one of those magnetic thingamabobs on your fuel line or building a ‘run your car on water’ contraption. It is simply changing the way you drive. Some go to the extreme – drafting 18-wheelers with the engine off and taking death turns at 50mph.
It starts by watching the traffic lights and taking your foot off the gas when you see the light turn yellow. It includes techniques described in Wiliam Beaty’s groundbreaking white paper on Traffic Experiments.
Many are turning to onboard telemetry for help. A new device called ScanGauge is available that works with most newer vehicles to tell you fuel consumption in real time.
Where to start learning about hypermiling? Start here:
http://www.hypermiling.com/
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/01/king_of_the_hypermilers.html
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