Our Weekly Hypermiling Tip #6: Drafting

Drafting has been used in motor sport since it first began. The aerodynamic advantages of allowing the driver in front to cut you a path through the air is a commonly used technique used to aid over taking.In the real world and on real roads, such a manouvour would be...

Drafting.. 93MPG over 15 miles

On my way back from a job yesterday, I decided to settle in behind a lorry to enjoy a little bit of drafting. Its been a while since I have had the opportunity to venture into a slipstream, country roads don’t tend to have many HGVs on them. The route from...