The Reg does ecomodding
Want a more fuel efficient car? Then redesign it
A regular stop on my perambulations around the WWW, The Register AKA Vulture Central, did a post on ecomodding: Want a more fuel efficient car? Then redesign it – here's how 43mpg from a Jaguar XJ-S Quote:
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http://http://www.theregister.co.uk/...tech_goes_usa/ US auto-emissions cleansed in urine-tech shower Mercedes basks in blue-green-golden glow Anyone else read The Reg mainly for the headlines? |
You beat me to it! I had this story set aside to post too.
TONS of reader comments beneath it as well - 187 as of right now. |
Interesting article. He did quite a bit of work.
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Thanks. I hadn't known they even have comments. Digg has improved since they dropped that feature. I'm in it mainly for the world+dog Yahoo! Headlines! They! Run!. :)
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My main beef: they repeatedley refer to the project as "hypermiling", which I always understood was about driving techniques, not mods.
I'm not sensitive about it. :D |
About 2/3 the way down the first page of comments AndrueC links to Hypermiling 101 on Ecomodder. Then they go back to discussing getting rear-ended if you don't use your brakes.
But people driving automatics have to apply the brakes to maintain speed downhill. :confused: I'm for a manual brakelight override switch. |
If you are about to be rear ended I always found the accelerator pedal to be VERY useful, but then I have learned to watch my 6 most of the time when I am slowing down and after watching some videos here, I watch my 6 even more carefully, but with peripheral vision at higher speeds.
regards mech |
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