Using Technology to Improve Fuel Efficiency in Vehicles

It would be interesting to see more electric cars on the road. Electric cars are fun to drive and are great for the environment. It’s a time to convert to electric for our sake and our environment’s sake!

I really like the dashboards of hybrid cars. I was recently driving a hybrid Toyota Camry and it showed me how much gas I was using per kilometer. It didn’t make me slow down much on that one drive, but seeing those numbers on a regular basis would change the way I drive.

Tires are probably the easiest way to make any vehicle more energy efficient though. Any vehicle that has under-inflated tires is simply using more energy than it should.

I remember when SUV’s were the in vehicles and all the celebrities had them and now that the green movement is becoming more popular we are starting to see more and more fuel efficient vehicles on the highways. They are now becoming more stylish and affordable as well.

It will be interesting to see the landscape of cars in the near future, I think overtime though the market will tell us which of the fuel efficiency solutions will eventually prevail. I am positive though that in the near future the MPG will certainly be vastly improved from what see today.

Till then,

Jean

I think we have some way to go regarding the safety of carbon fibre and plastic cars. Crumple zones are not as possible as in steel cars.
One way of saving weight is to look at what we carry about every day. If most people weighed all the things they don’t need in ther cars they would be amazed.

Good point using technology to improve fuel efficiency, it’s good for environment and people also.

I think that making electric cars genuinely desirable is the key to getting them into more widespread use.