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Pulse and Glide technique

Sep 212009

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.

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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Hypermiling for Efficient Gas Mileage

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Sep 212009

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.

—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

—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.

—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.

—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

Pulse and Glide (P&G)

Forced Auto Stop (FAS)

Driving without Brakes (DWB)

Ridge Riding

Driving with Load (DWL)

Try driving like a Trucker- Better gas mileage

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Sep 152009

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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