These hypermiling techniques can help preserve your fuel efficiency
The power of hypermiling
What is hypermiling?
Hypermiling (also known as energy-efficient driving) is driving a car using intentional techniques that maximize fuel efficiency. You can deploy specific hypermilingin EVsto reduce range anxiety, but I’ll focus specifically on gas cars.
Start by thinking of yourself as a prepper. But your aim is to conserve fuel. And it starts before you even begin to drive.
Before you start driving
Once you start driving
Once you start driving, you can deploy hypermiling techniques that increase your fuel efficiency:
Want to go harder?
Ok, so you’ve followed all these efforts, but you want to do more. Here are some tips recommended by dedicated hypermilers. They’re particularly good if you want to join an early grave:
Tech tools to the rescue
If you want to understand how your driving impacts your fuel milage, tech can help provide you with valuable data:
Downsides of hypermiling
Besides the obvious risk of death by driving without brakes, there are definite downsides to hypermiling:
And, if you drive a car that looks something like this, you’ll be guzzling gas whatever you do.
Sorry, you should’ve bought an EV.
Additional Resources
Clean MPG community
Safe Hypermiling Techniques
Story byCate Lawrence
Cate Lawrence is an Australian tech journo living in Berlin. She focuses on all things mobility: ebikes, autonomous vehicles, VTOL, smart ci(show all)Cate Lawrence is an Australian tech journo living in Berlin. She focuses on all things mobility: ebikes, autonomous vehicles, VTOL, smart cities, and the future of alternative energy sources like electric batteries, solar, and hydrogen.
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