Why do cars average a higher mpg on highways than in the city?

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Why do cars average a higher mpg on highways than in the city?

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In a perfect world, with no friction, something moving will stay moving at the same speed forever. This is a basic law of the universe. To change speed, you have to expend energy. So, stopping and starting takes more power than drifting along at a constant speed.

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