Favor Your Fuel-Efficient Car

If you have more than one vehicle, try to do the majority of your driving in the one that gets the best gas mileage.

The average U.S. household owns at least two vehicles, one of which tends to be a van, truck, or SUV. Although vans, trucks, and SUVs typically travel about as many miles per year as standard cars, they tend to be significantly less fuel-efficient, which makes them more expensive to operate.

By reallocating only 50 miles per week from your SUV, truck, or van to a more economical vehicle, you could save about $55 per month in gas expenses.

If half of all U.S. households with a truck, van, or SUV shifted just 50 miles of driving per week to their other, more fuel-efficient vehicle, the total annual gas savings could top $24 billion-enough to buy more than 1 million 2008 model hybrids.

Sources:

An Analysis of Sport Utility Vehicles in the United States
National Transportation Statistics