How to Drive Like Your Wallet Depends on it!

Costs of Driving

• Significant portion of college student income

• Environmental damage• More roads

Late for class?• Speeding to campus• Look for a parking spot• Parking lot full

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So what could you do?• Drive less• Carpool• Take the bus• Ride a bike• Walk (Way to be a trooper)• Choose your next vehicle wisely

– Fuel efficient– Practical– Aerodynamic

What else could you do?• Slow down on the highway• Check your tire pressure• Maintain your car

• Remove extra weight

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In the meantime…

• Hypermiling• Eco-modding

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• Works for any vehicle

• Incremental Learning• Become a safer

driver

Hypermiling & Ecomodding• Safety first• Check local regulations• Try new techniques in empty parking lots

Hypermiling

Hypermiling is the act of driving using techniques that maximize fuel

economy.

Hypermiling1. Know your fuel mileage

1. Check after every fillup2. Use an FE instrument

1. Instant Fuel Economy Readout

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Hypermiling2. Smooth Driving

1. Accelerate steadily2. Brake smoothly3. COAST wherever possible

• Watch far ahead for stop lights and traffic• Stay in the lane of least resistance• Avoid hilly roads

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3. Memorize your route (to and from) • Good areas to coast• Hills• Traffic signals• High-traffic areas

1. Shortest vs fastest2. Can you avoid peak traffic?3. Don’t idle!!

Hypermiling

4. Work the traffic lights1. Watch the crosswalk signs2. Timers or sensors?3. Check other lights ahead

(No need to be a jack rabbit)

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Patience = $$

Ecomodding

Modifying a vehicle for enhanced fuel efficiency

We’ve been doing this for years!

Chevy VoltFord Pinto

(Modified by Car and Driver)

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Ecomodding•Reducing drag•Extreme weight reduction•Truck Bed Covers•Smooth hub caps

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Nissan Versa•Front grill block•Boat tail.

Fuel economy:EPA 29 mpgThis car: ~39 mpg!

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•Total saved: 1295.47 gallons•Total saved: $3355.27•Total miles traveled: 127670.2

Honda Civic

•Total saved: 1295.47 gallons•Total saved: $3355.27•Total miles traveled: 127670.2

Up to 95 mpg!Averaging 64 mpg!

•Total saved: 76.79 gallons•Total saved: $219.62•Total miles traveled: 14408.6

Pontiac Vibe

Up to 38 mpg!Averaging 33 mpg!

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Questions?