Saturday, February 12, 2011

Consumption: from California here is the eco-driving

At the wheel, as (sometimes) life takes good manners and sweetness. In short: savoir faire. If in life you can get favors and results, you can arrive by car to consume less fuel, with consequent benefit to the portfolio. To institutionalize a concept that seems obvious to many automotive has provided one of the many universities in California that do research and pragmatic one of their strengths.

At the wheel in fact advised to avoid sudden acceleration or braking, as the report of the University who has tested a particular computer on board the car to control consumption and to suggest to drivers how to save the principles of eco -driving the new discipline was born in the States.

This unit, which for now equips only 1% of vehicles on U.S. roads (although by 2020 this figure will rise to at least 30%), saving of up to 6%. In practice, if a car travels 20,000 km a year, it's as if 1200 were "free." It is on these eco-computer that the university is based in California in his quest, which involved several volunteers on motorists whose vehicles have been installed to monitor GPS position and speed of the vehicle and a series of sensors to monitor fuel consumption and type of exhaust emissions.

And the results are derived, it is because you can save up to 15% more fuel, leading to lower emissions and costs. The drivers could keep an eye on it at any time the performance of their consumption and virtuous behavior to follow. What? Insert the gear as soon as possible, to maintain a constant speed by braking and accelerating very gently, even when you are in the queue and avoid sudden acceleration when the vehicle in front and already halted.

Attention to the tires: the correct inflation pressure can save a few tens of liters of gasoline per year. Under the microscope but also the speed: 100 km / h, most of the cars lose efficiency and that leads to further accelerate small savings of time and large consumption more.

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