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Originally Posted by meelis11
My question in short is: is there a point to make car lighter for pulse and glide type driving?
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While P&G is already cheating a bit, you're always losing out energy-wise.
During the coasting, you can't win back all the energy you put in while pulsing.
By making the car lighter, you're reducing the amount of energy it takes to pulse it from X to Y , so you're reducing the energy loss by reducing the energy that got put into it in the first place ...
A lighter car will have less inertia, but all else being equal, it'll also have lower rolling resistance.