When it comes to the gas and mileage of cars, people tend to care more about them. Therefore, car makers nowadays are trying to increase the gas mileage. Car makers considered many ways, however, some of them were not enough or even just not good at all. On the other hand, there were great ideas, for instance, hybrid cars and lighter weight materials.

According to Joann Muller, Forbes staff “Gas prices and miles per gallon claims are now top consideration points for new car shoppers when buying a car, playing a much bigger role than they did 10 years ago”

There should be a sundry of ways, but the most general and the most efficient way are hybrid cars.H Hybrid cars are cars with two engines. First engine works on electricity, and the second engine works on gasoline. There are kinds of hybrid cars, some of these kinds in some conditions work on electricity by itself; some other kinds electricity engines reduce the gas consumption during acceleration and speed.

 

Another way car makers are using to increase gas mileage is to use lighter materials to build a car. By reducing the mass; the power consumption will become lower and, therefore, the gas consumption will become lower and lower. There are many materials are being used to increase the gas mileage, the following table will show some of these materials and their percentage of mass reduction.

 

To sum up, these are the most common ways to increase gas mileage. Some other methods were not mentioned because they are irrelevant somehow, for instance, using natural gas instead of gasoline.

 

“Lightweight Materials.” Vehicle Technologies Office. N.p., 17 May 2013. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/technologies/materials/lightweight_materials.html>.

 

 

Muller, Joann. “10 Ways Automakers Are Helping You Spend Less On Gasoline.” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 30 Aug. 2012. Web. 09 Oct. 2013. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2012/08/30/10-ways-automakers-are-helping-you-spend-less-on-gasoline/>.

“Hybrid Vehicle.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Sept. 2013. Web. 09 Oct. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vehicle>.