{"id":10805,"date":"2021-08-16T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=10805"},"modified":"2021-09-07T18:40:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T18:40:12","slug":"aaa-says-drivers-should-not-fully-rely-on-in-dash-fuel-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/aaa-says-drivers-should-not-fully-rely-on-in-dash-fuel-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA says drivers should not fully rely on in-dash fuel warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers should not rely heavily on in-dash fuel economy displays, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/2021\/07\/aaa-miles-to-empty-warning-fuels-when-drivers-decide-to-fill-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The organization tested the accuracy of the displays, which estimate the number of miles a vehicle gets per gallon, including how many \u201cmiles to empty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The study found that such estimates vary significantly over shorter trips or are dependent on the consistency of factors that affect gas mileage like speed and acceleration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople want to get the most out of a tank of gas, especially when prices are higher,\u201d said Megan McKernan, Manager of the Automotive Research Center. \u201cCollectively, the systems we tested were relatively accurate, but a closer examination of different driving scenarios revealed significant variability based on changes in speed, acceleration and distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To avoid running out of gas, AAA recommends drivers watch their gas gauge and fill up when it reaches a quarter of a tank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers should not rely heavily on in-dash fuel economy displays, according to the AAA. The organization tested the accuracy of the displays, which estimate the number of miles a vehicle gets per gallon, including how many \u201cmiles to empty\u201d. The study found that such estimates vary significantly over shorter trips or are dependent on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":10806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}