Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 24, 12 October 1933 — LOW AUTO SPEEDS SAVES FUEL, IN ECONOMY TESTS [ARTICLE]

LOW AUTO SPEEDS SAVES FUEL, IN ECONOMY TESTS

It*s eheapei' to drive slow, between 20 and 40 miles per hour, t*xperts have found in carburetor tests. According to theirfindings, a gallon of gas that produces 20®kj'ies at a speed of 20 miles per hour may deliver only seven miles at 70 per hour. At speeds from 20 to 40, the decrfc«sG ir. mileage is only two miles to the gallon, but gro«h iapidly at higher speeds.