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Gas Saving Gadgets

by Hilary on July 20th, 2008

Rico at The Gadget Blog asks “How have high fuel prices affected your gadget-laden lifestyle?”

Really, if you’re not careful, you can take up your whole gadget budget ON your car (and as Rico points out, not all of them will work). There are probably more techno-trinkets for our cars now than ever before, but some are looking pretty interesting.

The PLX Kiwi, though a little pricey, seems like it will be effective in helping people use less gas — for life. It’s cute, too. Hand one of these babies to your teens with their first set of keys, and you’ll give them the driving lessons their instructors didn’t think to.

Shaped more like an iPod than a traditional diagnostic tool, you can plug it right into your car and it will tell you how many miles per gallon you’re currently getting, among other things. This is an excellent way to help drivers pick up skills to increase their fuel efficiency. The display can be personalized with your own images, and it’s small enough to be situated near your dash without causing a problem.

PLX Devices have an assortment of products for gadget geeks to drool over. Fortunately most of them aren’t $300 US like the Kiwi, but this little device might be worth it. (Of course, you could go with the uglier more sensibly priced ScanGuage II, but why would we do that??)

Source: Gas2.org

Image: PLXKiwi.com

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