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Can pulse and glide work to improve electric vehicle highway range?

Recently we got a question from a reader regarding the benefit of using the common hypermiling technique of "pulse and glide" with a battery electric vehicle. Given the relative scarcity of pure electric vehicles, P&G has mostly been used by hybrid drivers as one of the techniques to squeeze every last mile out of every drop of gasoline. There's a reason hypermilers use the technique: it is very effective. Since my own professional driver training has more to do with vehicle dynamics and getting through corners with the least possible ... Read more →

Austrian hyper-miler gets 81.1 mpg in Seat Ibiza Ecomotive Sam Abuelsamid

Once upon a time when drivers went driving across multiple countries, it was in pursuit of doing it in the least amount of time. These days, it seems to be just as often that drivers are still going ...

Toyota increases its iQ with hypermiling stunt Jeremy Korzeniewski

Toyota already has a fuel efficient vehicle on its hands in the new iQ city car, but the brand's UK arm set out to prove that the diminutive machine can do much better than its official European ...

Hypermiling in a Porsche 911 yields 35.1 mpg Sam Abuelsamid

The Porsche 911 has long been one of the most fuel efficient sports cars available at its performance level. The new 2009 911 with its direct injection and dual clutch gearbox is rated at 24 mpg (US) ...

"Hypermiling" named New Oxford dictionary's Word of the Year Jeremy Korzeniewski

If you are reading this blog, you are likely well aware of the growing green sentiment all over the world. Here in the U.S., gas prices have finally begun to approach what they are on the rest of the ...

More on Ford's SmartGauge cluster for the Fusion/Milan hybrids w/VIDEO 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When the new Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan go on sale early next year, everyone from basic commuters to the most avid hyper-milers should be able to get what they want out of the new SmartGauge cluster. Typically on hybrid vehicles, all the information about power flow and battery state of ...

Audi Mileage Marathon: Fuel efficiency strategies 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After seven days and 2,832 miles, I'm finally back home. My week-long stint on the Audi Mileage Marathon is over and I believe I've learned a thing or two about hyper-miling. Teams running in the event were scored based on a formula that included fuel efficiency and speed. The fuel efficiency ...

Fuel stretching Taylors get world record 58.82 mpg around the U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After twenty days on the road John and Helen Taylor have completed their journey around America and earned a new entry in the Guinness book of world records. After 9,419 miles through 48 states, the Taylors consumed just over 11 tanks of ultra low sulfur diesel. That works out to 58.82 mpg and 853 ...

Fuel stretching Taylors 1/3 of the way around US, averaging 58.78 mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Helen and John Taylor have reached the one-third mark of their nationwide trek to demonstrate how much impact driving behavior can have on fuel efficiency, and it's working. The Australian couple are well on their way to setting a new world record. After 2,753 miles and eight days of driving they ...

Hyper-miling couple going for trans-continental mileage record 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've written about the exploits of Helen and John Taylor on several previous occasions. The pair like to get into cars and see how far they can drive between fill-ups. Their most recent adventure took them around Australia in a Peugeot 308 with an average of 75.6 mpg (U.S.). Today, they are setting ...

______-miling the Jaguar XK-R 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hypermiling is too strong a phrase when you apply the MPG-increasing practice to a Jaguar XK-R. Extra-miling might pass muster, but all it amounts to in this particular instance is driving a $104,000, 420 horsepower Jaguar convertible like it's a $22,000 Camry. Why not go for big dollops of both ...

Hypermiling couple drive Peugeot 308 around Australia at 75.6mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the U.S., hypermiling has largely been the province of hybrid drivers. That doesn't mean that only hybrid drivers can take advantage of those driving strategies. When last we heard from Helen and John Taylor, the British couple had just completed a run from Britain to Poland in a pair of ...

Are Hypermilers a menace on the road? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Since the advent of the hybrid at the turn of this century, an increasingly large group of hardcore fanatics have taken up hypermiling. For the uninitiated, hypermiling is the practice of using modified driving techniques to get the maximum possible fuel efficiency. There are hypermilers who claim ...

Hybrid Fest VIDEO 3: Ryan Fulcher and Manzanita Micro's plug-in 100 mpg Prius 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Coming at you from Hybrid Fest 2007, here's an interview with Ryan Fulcher about his plug-in Prius. Interestingly, Ryan does not consider himself a hypermiler - he doesn't like to worry about his driving habits, and just drives safely. While that may make those of you in the forest green ...

Popular Science and Instructables want to see your green projects 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Are you somebody who is always tinkering with your car to get the best mileage possible? If so, you may just be a hypermiler, and should share you finding with the rest of us. In fact, why not share your tip with Popular Science, Instructables and Treehugger in their newest contest. Of course, we ...

Hybrid Fest 2007 VIDEO 2: MIMA Inventor Mike Dabrowski 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As mentioned by Insight owner and hypermiler Randall Burkhalter in the first Hybrid Fest video posted, the MIMA system is an electronic retrofit which allows the driver to manually control the Integrated Motor Assist in the Honda Insight. At Hybrid Fest 2007, I got to meet and interview Mike ...

HybridFest 2007 VIDEO 1 - Hypermiler Randall Burkhalter and his Honda Insight 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Meet_a_hypermiler_who_gets_95_miles_per_gallon_in_a_Honda_Insight_VIDEO'; Randall Burkhalter is the proud owner of a Honda Insight - the first exclusive hybrid model to the United States. It is not an ordinary Insight, however. Randall has fitted it ...

HybridFest 2007 - We came, we saw, we conquered 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

From the onset of the MPG Challenge on Friday to the conversion of Wisconsin Power's stock Toyota Prius to a plug-in hybrid on Sunday, HybridFest 2007 was the most rockin' party for treehuggers, hypermilers and other greenfolk this side of the Atlantic. If you feel bad that you didn't make it, you ...

Hybridfest 2007: America's largest hybrid car festival, with PHEVs (and ABG) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

On the road again... Hybrid Fest 2007 is happening this weekend, folks, so buckle up, plug your PDA into your Prius, and maximize every ounce of oil in your tank to get to Madison, Wisconsin for two days of jolly green joy. Bloggers, hypermilers, hybrid owners and everyone else is invited to the ...

Hypermiling update: Shell Eco-Marathon coming back to the U.S. next year 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last week Ray Holan wrote a feature article for AutoblogGreen about hypermiling. In it, he mentioned the Shell Eco-Marathon in Europe (where teams design cars for maximum fuel efficiency and a 2003 team got the equivalent of 10,705 mpg). There is also a Shell Eco-Marathon in the UK. Well, this ...

Hypermiling your fuel economy ? The greenest extreme sport for cars 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I've observed with mild amusement the recent spate of stories in the mainstream media about fuel saving. Maybe you have too. You know the kind of articles. "Ten Ways to Survive High Gas Prices". "8 Things You Must Do to Save at the Pump". Even the venerable old Federal Trade Commission has a ...


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