Most hybrid cars are made for fuel efficiency. But you can further squeeze the extra mile to buy a gallon of gasoline, adapting the same good driving habits in your gasoline-engine vehicles.
1. Techniques tread brake (Go easy on the brake). Your car has a hybrid regenerative braking system that recaptures energy lost from braking is stored and returned to the battery. If you brake slowly, you give your electric motor more time to store power thus, recovering more energy back to the batteries. If you brake hard and abrupt, the regenerative braking system will not be able to recapture much of this energy and your brakes will take most of the work.
2. Driving at slower speeds. When you drive at slow speed, you will run the electric motor. This saves a lot of gas. Also require high-speed driving your engine to produce extra energy to push the car forward and push through the air. Gas is more used to the Aerodynamic drag. (Note: the air is denser in the snow, rain and wet conditions. This makes the engine more fuel to push the vehicle through the air.)
3. Avoid quick acceleration. The electric motor can only give your car a certain amount of power. When you need speed and step on the gas pedal, the combustion engine kicks in to provide extra speed you need, so it is more fuel. Rapid acceleration in gasoline or diesel-engine cars wastes a lot of energy and therefore the hybrid vehicle. If you need to speed up, do so gradually, if possible.
4. Check tire pressure. Tires are made to improve safety and ride quality. This is not really made for efficiency, but actually you can use the tires need to increase gas mileage. Use and maintain maximum tire pressure recommended for the car in the sidewall psi and not provided by the manufacturer on the doorframe. Also use low-resistance tires for better mileage.
5. Avoid rush hour. Stop-and-go traffic consumes a lot of gas.
6. Using low octane gasoline. Not only is cheaper, is actually a vehicle that is designed to run well on lower octane gas. Check your manual.
7. Glide. If you are comfortable with driving back and forth to neutral, you can get the best out of your speed. Coasting in neutral gives you a longer cruise and better use of energy.
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