Fuel prices remain historically high, despite a very slight drop. Did you know that by adapting your driving on the road, especially by driving more slowly, you can save money? Is it significant?
To reduce fuel consumption, here are some tips. First, you have to reduce your speed. Above 90 km/h, consumption increases significantly. “The more we increase our speed above 90 km/h, the more we will have the impact of the wind on the vehiclesays Nicola Saponari, driving instructor. Compared to 120 km/h, if, for example, we reduce our speed by just 10 km/h on the highway, we can have an impact of around one liter of savings per 100 kilometres.“
When we accelerate, we consume more
Another piece of advice is to anticipate well. “The object of the game is quite simply to release the accelerator pedal to try to achieve engine braking rather than braking at the last moment. This simply allows you to already release the fact of accelerating. When you accelerate, you consume more. By releasing the accelerator pedal, we will simply let the engine run and we consume on average less than one liter per 100 kilometers as soon as we have the foot completely released.”
It is also best to avoid using cruise control. “The cruise control will always try to make us reach the desired speed via the accelerator pedal. So even if we are sometimes on a descent where we want to release the accelerator pedal, he will put the gas to try to reach the desired speed.” Nicola estimates that cruise control consumes around 10% more fuel.
