Does this advice apply to all cars?
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in proper eli5 : when you press the gas pedal harder, the car uses more gas. So pressing it softly uses less than when you press it hard. Braking doesn’t matter, except when you’re braking you’re usually not accelerating so braking earlier means accelerating less
So if you drive like an NYC cabbie, i.e. use the method of “floor the gas whenever there’s 3 open feet in front of you and then stomp the brake after 3 feet,” you end up feeding gas into the engine which is then combusted. This gas would have provided the energy to move the car X number of feet if the road were clear. But the road is NOT clear, and by stomping the brake (or by crashing into the car in front of you), you waste that gas. At least that’s the way I understand it. It’s also less wear and tear on parts like the brakes and maybe the transmission and fuel pump and engine, etc.
Car’s requires go go juice to move. the harder you step on the go go pedal the more juice is used.
If you’re braking gradually (lifting off the go-go pedal) you’ll use no juice, compared to staying on the pedal and then braking hard to stop.
If you accelerate slower, you will use less juice.
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