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hypermiling en · NOUN

From hyper- + mile + -ing.

(uncountable) Driving a motor vehicle slowly so as to maximize fuel efficiency.
- 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. 3:
- 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 News:
- For 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 CNN: