Beating the EPA - Hows and Why's to Hypermile.

The EPA City/Highway fuel economy estimates are now 31 years young and were first implemented near the end of this nation?s first Oil crisis back in 1973/1974. The test(s) themselves were developed in 1972 to simulate a typical LA commute of that era. EPA based Fuel economy is actually measured under controlled conditions in a laboratory using a standardized Federal Test Procedure (FTP) specified by federal law.