Everytime the engine turns off in my 2022 Nissan pathfinder the timer continues and every 3.5 seconds on average the total fuel saved goes up by 1 mile. I know this because it has a timer that continues everytime the engine turns off. Currently it reads 13 minutes and 21 seconds off and 227 miles of fuel saved
How am I saving 1 mile worth of fuel every 3.5 seconds? I get 16.3 mpg and 18 mph on average after I’ve driven 2500 miles
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If I recall correctly, it’s just bullshit.
The government made requirements that cars had to emit under a certain amount of contaminants into the air by a certain year. They gave automakers a few years to rework their cars, so that the new cars would comply with the new regulations on pollutants.
Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that the regulation was that a car could not emit more than 5 liters of pollution per hour.
So some manufacturers tried their hardest, but their cars still emitted 5.1 liters of pollution each hour. What are they going to do about this?
Solution: They shut the damn car engine off when the car isn’t in motion. Now they’re under the 5 liters per hour.
It’s entirely done just to be within regulation limits. They just dress it up as a fuel saving measure. I mean, sure, it does save fuel, but that’s not the real reason for it.
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