links for 2007-08-08
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On "hypermiling," efforts by drivers to maximize their gas mileage.
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"When I first got my Prius 4 years ago, I was completely transfixed by the real-time MPG display. Multi-scale feedback! I could see my mileage per tank, in 5-minute increment, and moment-to-moment."
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A central screen "provides instantaneous information on gas mileage, electricity generated, and which engine is working at any moment. It's almost like a video game, where the goal is to bring the average gas mileage up through attentive... driving."
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On the impact of real-time feedback in the Prius. "It’s like a video game that not only records your score, but tells you constantly how well you are playing.... If all vehicles came with these easy-to-see mpg screens, we’d all get better mileage."
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"Constantly watching the mileage measurements on the Prius's little video screen is really a mobilized video game. It's NOT simply driving a car.... Prius is surely the most expensive, biggest gaming machine built...so far."
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"The dashboard economy gauge showed me how efficiently I was driving and how much I was able to top up the battery charge.... A bit like a video game, it is a challenge to keep the display in the green 'saving' sector instead of the red 'using' sector."
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