Does this advice apply to all cars?
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Braking doesn’t DIRECTLY save you gasoline. However the more you need to use the brakes, the less fuel efficiently you are driving overall. The brakes of your car convert. EXTRA forward momentum you didn’t need to get where you’re going (kinetic energy) into wasted heat energy as friction on your brake pads (which also wears them out faster, btw). That excess momentum exists because you used your gas pedal to accellerate more than necessary. The more you need to brake, the more it indictates you used your more gas than you needed to get your car to the next stop (whether its the next red light, a yield-turn, your end destination, doesn’t matter which).
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