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One of the questions that easily arise in people interested in hypermiling is whether hypermilling is illegal or not. As you may know, this activity involves many tweaks and techniques that will help you save gas, though not all of them can be put in the same basket when judging how viable are them in terms of legality and danger.

This is an excerpt from a report on CBS called “Cops: “Hypermiling” Often Risky, Illegal”, in it they talk about how some drivers take hypermiling to the extreme, risking the integrity of them and other people on the road: Continue reading →

You know hypermiling helps you save gas and money with its techniques, but did you know who invented this now-popular term?

It seems that common consensus gives credit to Wayne Gerdes, also known as “Wayne 100 MPG”. This name refers to the average of more than 100 MPG he got from a Ford pickup truck for three months.

He’s what could be seen as a “hypermiling pioneer”, obsessed with these techniques and trying always to break his own records. And well, let’s hope he keeps him that way, as he can teach us a lot about new hypermiling techniques. Continue reading →