Why does braking gradually and accelerating slowly give a car better gas mileage?

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Does this advice apply to all cars?

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As for breaking gradually I don’t think that in itself saves gas. But if you see a red light up ahead instead of keeping your foot on the gas until you are close to the light then break suddenly will consume more gas than if you take your foot off the gas ahead of time and gradually slow down before coming to a stop. So less time with foot on gas = less gas usage.

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