Sentences with word «hypermiler»

Needless to say, this SUV is not for hypermilers.

Turning off the engine when idling, making sure tires are properly inflated, coasting to red lights rather than slamming on the brakes and slowly accelerating from a stop — all can boost fuel efficiency as evidenced by hypermilers, those who have mastered the art of traveling hundreds of miles on a few gallons of gas.

With expert hypermiler Wayne Gerdes and energy engineer Bob Winger alternating shifts behind the wheel, the 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI drove through all 48 contiguous states of the U.S. on less than $ 300 of diesel, achieving a record - breaking average of 81.17 mpg along the way.

Prepare for some slow going to achieve the same result as these record - setting hypermilers.

The most efficient method of driving seems to be to accelerate up to speed in town using both power sources and then lift off the gas pedal to shift it into EV mode, which is able to maintain speeds of up to about 40 mph on its own, sort of a takeoff on hypermilers» «pulse and glide» approach.

Neither figure will impress hardcore hypermilers, but with an 85 - litre fuel tank Bentley says the Bentayga Diesel will do over 621 miles on a tank.

Hypermilers need not apply.

Still, it was an enlightening experience to see just what kind of range and mileage a committed hypermiler could achieve.

As a semi-dedicated hypermiler, I usually got a little better than the Rio was rated at, even with the A / C running and even after 100,000 miles.

On the flip side, if you play hypermiler, coddling the car like an English nanny would one of the children of the Illuminati, it will be much more rewarding.

Presumably Ford's thinking here is to present the 1.0 EcoBoost as a desirable upgrade, not an entry - level make - do for tightwad hypermilers.

He is good at maximizing efficiency short of being a take - no - prisoners hypermiler).

Most buyers driving like normal people can expect to regularly exceed the 51 MPG city / 48 highway EPA figure, while devoted hypermilers will see figures in the mid-70 MPG range.

AND if you had a vintage 2 - seater Honda Insight Hybrid, rated 70 MPG highway (old ratings) you could get 60 MPG easy on long drives (Hypermilers got up to 100 MPG) and $ 4,000 a year.

Now hypermilers (those who chase absolute best fuel economy) have known about these ideas for ages.

The car also has some neat tricks up its sleeve for hypermilers, with the ability to «learn» an owner's regular route and driving habits then to apply what it has learned to capture more regenerative braking based on its prediction of upcoming stops.

While we don't know how slowly the two hypermilers were driving, we can imagine that the average speeds were quite low given the impressive efficiency results.

I find what some of these hypermilers can accomplish pretty amazing.

I've recently (in the last three months) started running my tyres at relatively high pressure on my daily driver as I'm a hypermiler and higher pressure does indeed decrease rolling resistance and improve in - gear coasting range.

The Toyota Prius c is a four door five passenger compact hatchback, and is the smallest member of the Prius family, which include the traditional Prius that hypermilers have...

Even in Power mode, our Prius V takes a long time getting up to speed with two adults onboard — so it's a good thing we're in hybrid - friendly Northern California, where people just assume we're hypermilers.

In our testing, we tended to hover around the 36 mpg mark, but we're no hypermilers.

The hypermiler favorite will be the Prius Two Eco, which uses low - resistance tires, and even specially laminated insulating windshield glass (to reduce AC load), to achieve 58 mpg city, 53 mpg highway.

Driving with less than a hypermiler's effort on a highway route, occasionally and mildly testing acceleration, and velocities, the on - board mpg instruments said we averaged nearly 44 mpg on one run, and low 45s on another.

We didn't try to hypermile it with panel gaps taped up with masking tape and the A / C off or anything like that; we'll leave that to the hypermiler enthusiasts.

While there are communities of «hypermilers» out there who take efficient driving to another level, Mercedes - Benz offers a simpler solution to saving fuel through Start - Stop Technology, which is a standard feature on most new Mercedes - Benz models, and even many AMG performance cars.

the hypermilers will go for a hybrid, those who like to drive stick will opt for the Fiests ST and then there are those who would not be caught driving a 3 cylinder engine at all!

Think of it as a built - in hypermiler.

I wouldn't say we've become «hypermilers» yet, but we do find ourselves competing to see who can nudge it beyond 50 miles per gallon (we live in a hilly region, and always have this discouraging final climb up to our house, watching the efficiency drop).

Hypermilers had previously used the car's shifter to rapidly alternate between low - energy and normal driving mode to increase benefits of the regenerative braking.

Hypermilers can get figures exceeding 60 MPG over mixed routes.

A few readers reacted strongly to our notice of «hypermiler» Wayne Gerdes and his, shall we say, unconventional methods of achieving really high fuel efficiency.