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Logic · 03-06-2025, 06:07 AM

Vehicle Lightening: Shaving Pounds Saves Gallons

...if automakers could lighten their vehicles by 20%, fuel mileage might improve by as much as 16%.
So a vehicle of 3500 lbs. that currently gets 30 miles to the gallon would become a 2800-lb. vehicle that could get an extra 5 mpg...

...the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and conducted by the FEV Corp. dissected a Toyota Venza and showed how 750 lbs. could be removed from the vehicle without affecting its performance. Better yet, the weight-reduced vehicle in their study actually cost $150 less to make...
https://www.motor.com/magazine-summa...s-maybe-cents/

Any aero mods here saving ~16% in city (98% of) driving..?

03-06-2025, 06:07 AM	#23 (permalink)
Logic Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2022 Location: South Africa Posts: 738 Thanks: 278 Thanked 300 Times in 261 Posts	Vehicle Lightening: Shaving Pounds Saves Gallons ...if automakers could lighten their vehicles by 20%, fuel mileage might improve by as much as 16%. So a vehicle of 3500 lbs. that currently gets 30 miles to the gallon would become a 2800-lb. vehicle that could get an extra 5 mpg... ...the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and conducted by the FEV Corp. dissected a Toyota Venza and showed how 750 lbs. could be removed from the vehicle without affecting its performance. Better yet, the weight-reduced vehicle in their study actually cost $150 less to make... https://www.motor.com/magazine-summa...s-maybe-cents/ Any aero mods here saving ~16% in city (98% of) driving..?