Save Money on Gas: New System Automatically Fills Under-Inflated Tires
Keeping your tires properly inflated is one of the best ways to maximize your vehicle’s gas mileage and save money on gas. Under-inflated tires reduce average gas mileage by 3.3-percent, and that is huge when gas prices are over $3.00 a gallon.
A reduction in fuel use also means the lowering of greenhouse gases, which are often blamed for contributing to global warming.
Now, there is a new smart system in development that promises to keep your tires at optimum pressue. MAXAIR is a new “smart” system that not only detects when tires on cars, light trucks and SUVs are under-inflated, but it also automatically fills tires to the right pressure using air from an onboard compressor.
Monitoring systems currently on the market could be off by 20-30-percent and only activating dashboard-warning lights to alert drivers that tire needs air. Drivers then need to find air to fill the tires. With MAXAIR, it’s all done for you automatically and is accurate within 1-2-percent.
Apparently, feature is ready and available and could be on all new automobiles. It’s a matter of consumers demanding it and auto manufacturers making it available.
The cost: A lot less than most might think. An automobile parts manufacturer could supply the device to automakers for about $200 a vehicle.
More information can be found at MAXAIR’s web site at http://www.maxairatmi.com/
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