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aerohead · 10-15-2011, 03:49 PM

According to EPA,the following effects were measured for a passenger car traveling at 50-mph in an 18-mph wind
* headwind= 17% mpg loss
* crosswind= 2% mpg loss
* tailwind = 19% mpg gain

10-15-2011, 03:49 PM	#16 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 15,914 Thanks: 24,000 Thanked 7,227 Times in 4,654 Posts	EPA: wind effects According to EPA,the following effects were measured for a passenger car traveling at 50-mph in an 18-mph wind * headwind= 17% mpg loss * crosswind= 2% mpg loss * tailwind = 19% mpg gain