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October 7, 2009 in Green cars, New Cars
The Tesla Roadster
It seems that this shining star is a rocket and the only difference is there is no screaming flame blasting behind.
You can probably enjoy by having a feel of� getting trapped into some insane amusement park ride..
Amazing,could be the only word for it. Are planning to get one?
September 24, 2009 in Green cars
driving-on-a-Rainy-day
We all may find it difficult to drive a car on a rainy day for sure. And we keep in mind only one thing and that is, safety factor, but may not be considered about fuel efficiency. But there is a simple way to go safe and efficient on a thunder storm rainy day.
Ridge riding is common Hypermiling technique coined by Hypermiling guru Wayne Gerdes. Ridge riding is a simple tip that can aid hyper milers save gas on a rainy day, and stay with increasing fuel efficiency.
Ridge riding is simple and more fun that anyone can follow on a rainy day.
You just need to drive your car on the far right of the road almost over the white line.
Buy doing so you notify two things to the cars behind you
—-that you’re driving at a slow speed
—-Especially helpful when weather conditions add extra danger to being on the road, and more significantly, you keep your car’s tires out of the grooves in the road that develop from heavy travel.
White-line where you need to stick on
Water puddles develop in the grooves during a storm, and cause drag. By staying on a flat surface and avoiding kicking up water with your tires, you’ll increase your car’s overall MPG. This tip probably won’t save a hypermiler thousands of dollars, but its a safe and easy hypermiling technique to follow on a bad weather condition.
September 21, 2009 in Green cars
Gliding On Air
Gliding on air is an adventure and fun too. Surely, you would know how it feels to glide in the sky. Now we are here to know a little on gliding on roads. Of course with your car !� Now to increase your gas mileage we are going to learn another driving tip.
Pulse and glide is a driving technique that is intended to make your driving more fuel efficient. It is most often connected with hybrid cars and cars that have a manual transmission system.
It needs a little bit of practice and the intention to increase the fuel mileage, to learn.
Hybrid Car
How it works?
Lets assume that you are driving on road and want to attain a speed of 60km/h. Instead of driving steady at 60, now you accelerate to 70km/h (which is the pulse), then use the car to coast for a period in neutral with the engine off down to 50km/h ( glide part ).
Thats all… Repeat the pulse and glide again and again.
Interpretation: If you are pulsing about half of the time then your overall fuel economy will be about twice the number displayed during your pulse. This applies for the instantaneous display.
The other aspect of P&G that experimentation is required by the driver to find how far to glide. At some point the vehicle speed drops to a point where another pulse is needed. By Maximizing the glide you can cut the drag as much as possible to keep the car rolling.
This P&G technique helps to extract every last mile from the fuel drops.
There are 2 keys to get the most of pulse and guide. First, understanding the most efficient operating modes of the car you are driving, which requires some practice, and testing.
Hypermilers typically use a device like the Scan guage to monitor the instantaneous fuel consumption of the vehicle.
So start gliding today but practice before doing so.� To know about more driving and hypermiling techniques read Hypermiling for Efficient Gas Mileage
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September 21, 2009 in Green cars
I was wondering that there are various techniques available to increase fuel economy. And would like to cite few later starting with the basics now like what are the techniques available and how we can follow them.
Am sure that car lovers would have come across the golden word called Hypermiling. Now for those who are new to the knowledge of fuel economy, this is the right place to start.
Hypermiling is the act of driving using techniques that maximize fuel economy. They exceed manufacturers stated efficiency of their vehicles by modifying their driving habits and techniques. Hypermiling is a great way to save on fuel costs and drive safely.
Those who practice these techniques are referred to as �hypermilers�.
Which is the best vehicle for hypermiling?
The best results are seen in Hybrid vehicles such as the Honda Insight, the Toyota Prius Hybrid and the Honda Civic Hybrid”. Hybrids are especially good as they have a secondary power source.
Hypermiling basics:
—Drive less. Try to use public transport, walking or bicycling.
Best way towards fuel economy
—Don’t accelerate hard
—Ensure that your tyres are inflated properly. Too much pressure in tyres is dangerous.� Low tyre pressure results more drag and thus less MPG.
—Avoid peak traffic
Avoid driving in traffic for better hypermiling
—Keep a note of your fuel consumption.
—Avoid idling your vehicle. Idling does cause extra wear and tear. Some studies show that idling for just a couple of seconds can burn gas two times as fast as when driving at average speeds. This will mean that you have to pay extra cost on gas for your idling behavior.
Avoid idling on fuel
—Your route matters. Generally, if you prefer the lightest traveled roads than the busier ones then you are more into employing the fuel saving techniques than when you are struck in the traffic. You cannot hypermile on a short route actually, so driving long with hypermiling technique would actually save you more fuel than over a short busier road.
—Choose the path with minimum stop lights and stop signs.
Choose paths with minimum stop lights
—Lift your windows up, this would reduce the drag. Closed windows cause drag.
Well , these are few basics on fuel saving techniques, which can be easily followed. Try these out first before start practicing the advanced ones. They are
Forced Auto Stop (FAS)
September 15, 2009 in Green cars
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Trucks are generally huge and carry heavy goods.With the result it becomes difficult for the truck drivers to act quickly on roads while driving. Thus the truckers follow up some techniques to avoid mishap and traffic which also provides better fuel economy.
�How can you drive your car like a trucker?
I would like to point out some tips on how do they catch up with the fuel economy.
Driving with load: You would find Trucks with heavy loads crawling slowly when moving up a hill. Its cause they cannot move with the same speed as other vehicles because of the heavy load carried by them. So they crawl when moving up a road, and drive with a little more speed during down hill to compensate the time.
Stopping at the traffic signals: Truckers crawl heavily to reach a traffic signal when they see a traffic signal light ahead of them. But why?� The reason is to clear the traffic in front of them at the time the trucker reaches the signal. Another thing is, its very difficult to start a truck from the dead stop, so the truckers avoid a complete halt before the signals.
Try sticking to the right lane unless a heavy traffic arrives. Choose the least path of resistance to avoid most of the acceleration and deceleration.
So what else? You can follow these and see how you can save fuel and improve the gas mileage.
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September 15, 2009 in Green cars
Free riding without brakes
No brakes improve fuel economy
Maintaining proper cushion space in between
Driving without brakes always makes me to think of the free fall and the roller coaster ride where there is no break during the fall. This is actually a good technique that will save you a lot of fuel when followed with cars in heavy traffic. The basic idea is to conserve the momentum, which is built by burning gas.
Lets take an example, you drive to attain 60 miles/hr by burning gas. Now suddenly the traffic slows down and you apply brakes to come down to 30 mph. Later, the traffic speeds up and you accelerate back to 60 mph. How many times does this happen daily while driving?� What if you had to go to 60 mph only once? This would save the fuel used to go from 40 mph to 60 mph. This is the concept of DWB.
Now, what would you do if you were happen to drive without brakes? First, you would look for enough space between you and the driver ahead. Next, you would look on to the drivers ahead of you keenly, maintaining a good space in between. Thirdly, you would look for the brake lights of few or more drivers ahead of you to slow down without applying brakes. For this you would need to drive the car with less acceleration so that you don’t need to apply breaks frequently. Do not accelerate when you think that the cars in front of you are going to slow down. So by the time when you are again accelerating, the vehicles ahead of you would start to accelerated before you catching up with them.
This is known to everyone, but seldom people use these or follow which could save the fuel dramatically. Its really amazing that how these small things can contribute to a lot of fuel saving. Just we need to practice few good driving methods.
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