Gliding on air is an adventure and fun too. Surely, you would know how it feels to glide in the sky. Now we are here to know a little on gliding on roads. Of course with your car !� Now to increase your gas mileage we are going to learn another driving tip.
Pulse and glide is a driving technique that is intended to make your driving more fuel efficient. It is most often connected with hybrid cars and cars that have a manual transmission system.
It needs a little bit of practice and the intention to increase the fuel mileage, to learn.
How it works?
Lets assume that you are driving on road and want to attain a speed of 60km/h. Instead of driving steady at 60, now you accelerate to 70km/h (which is the pulse), then use the car to coast for a period in neutral with the engine off down to 50km/h ( glide part ).
Thats all… Repeat the pulse and glide again and again.
Interpretation: If you are pulsing about half of the time then your overall fuel economy will be about twice the number displayed during your pulse. This applies for the instantaneous display.
The other aspect of P&G that experimentation is required by the driver to find how far to glide. At some point the vehicle speed drops to a point where another pulse is needed. By Maximizing the glide you can cut the drag as much as possible to keep the car rolling.
This P&G technique helps to extract every last mile from the fuel drops.
There are 2 keys to get the most of pulse and guide. First, understanding the most efficient operating modes of the car you are driving, which requires some practice, and testing.
Hypermilers typically use a device like the Scan guage to monitor the instantaneous fuel consumption of the vehicle.
So start gliding today but practice before doing so.� To know about more driving and hypermiling techniques read Hypermiling for Efficient Gas Mileage
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