"However, it is commonly known that using air conditioning can increase fuel consumption. How much is fuel consumption affected when you use a car’s air conditioning?
Air conditioning can add up to 10 percent to fuel consumption and is especially apparent at lower speeds"
“If you’re really hung up on fuel economy then around town at low speed, driving with the windows open is an option instead of using the air con – but at higher speeds this will cause so much additional drag that closing the windows and using the air con will be the cheaper option.”
USING air conditioning can reduce fuel economy when driving but how much of an impact does it have?
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