Meanings
- uncountableDriving a motor vehicle slowly so as to maximize fuel efficiency.
Yahya Fahimuddin got tired of spending $60 to fill his Jeep, so he bought an old Honda Insight hybrid and took up hypermiling
2008 June 10, Chuck Squatriglia, “Hypermilers Push the Limits of Fuel Efficiency”, in Wired News2 more examples
Hypermiling, the art of driving your car so it delivers better fuel economy than the manufacturer's official figures, began in the US as a wacky journey taken by obsessives such as Wayne Gerdes, who coined the phrase and has averaged more than 180mpg in a hybrid Honda Insight.
2008 July 3, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, G2, p. 3For example, in the U.K., where a gallon of gasoline currently costs around $5.60, hypermiling could save the average driver doing 8,000 miles in a 33 mpg car around $500 a year, according to Gerdes.
2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNNSynonyms: ecodriving
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDriving a motor vehicle slowly so as to maximize fuel efficiency.
Origin
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