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There is also no obligation to further research in which of the posted methods are false and which are trading off tons of NOX/CO/HC polution for a litre or two of fuel.
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You've got a point that some techniques may cause more other pollutants to be formed.
But let's not forget that car manufacturers are also introducing technical measures that now appear to have worse effects than what they were trying to prevent with them.
The diesel particulate filter being an excellent case in point.
Sure there's less soot out the exhaust - to the point of it currently being undetectable at the yearly technical and emissions test - but it's too bad that what does come out unseen, is more harmful than those huge flakes of soot.
At the same time, the thing is costing more fuel .
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Can you link to any published material that relates music to fuel consumption among hypermilers?
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Not among hypermilers, but there's been a fair bit of research on the subject.
effect music driving - Google Search
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Also, given the complexity of engine management systems, techniques that worked on 15 year old cars may not continue to work on modern ones.
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They'd better work though, and they'd better look carefully at the techniques being used, as a lot of these techniques are pretty helpful to extending the range of an electric car.
Any of the hypermilers on here will likely get a lot more miles out of say a Volt or a Leaf.
It'd be a shame to see them develop cars that can't take more efficient driving styles.