Vehicle Acceleration & Gas Mileage

Gas mileage, also known as fuel economy, represents how efficiently your car is using fuel. The better your gas mileage, the less gas you have to purchase.

  1. Acceleration

    • When you accelerate your car, the car burns more fuel than if it were running at a consistent speed because of the extra energy needed to increase the speed of the car.

    Effects

    • According to Edmunds.com, accelerating gradually instead of rapidly can improve your gas mileage by over 30 percent.

    Cruise Control

    • Both Edmunds and the Environmental Protection Agency recommend using cruise control to minimize the amount of accelerating you do on the highway because the cruise control will keep your car as a consistent speed.

    Geography

    • Minimize your acceleration up hills because this places additional strain on your vehicle. Also, Edmunds.com recommends not using cruise control when driving on hilly terrain because of the additional acceleration your car will undergo trying to maintain the preset speed up a hill.

    Considerations

    • In additional to getting better gas mileage, you will reduce the wear and tear on your car by driving smoothly rather than rapidly accelerating and decelerating.

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