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Old 11-27-2008, 10:11 AM   #1 (permalink)
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EcoDriving with Pro Formance at the LA Auto Show

Here on EcoModder we have talked about the EcoDrivingUSA program and some of Pro Formance’s results with Ford before, but I finally got a chance to go through Pro Formance’s ecodriving program. There was a lot of preaching to the choir, but I was interested to see how they approached teaching ecodriving to the average [...]

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Huh? No fuel consumption instrumentation while you were driving?

I'm surprised that wasn't part of their program.

Maybe they considered the additional attention it might require to be too much for people getting into unfamiliar cars and going out into LA traffic....
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Old 11-27-2008, 07:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Most of the cars they work with have instantaneous built in, they said, but this one only had trip. I think their goal is to teach people things without turning them off with expensive gadgets or what have you. *shrug*


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