Smart car technologies save drivers $6.2 billion on fuel costs each year

On one of the busiest traveling holidays of the year, drivers may be focusing on getting to grandma’s house for Thanksgiving dinner, not on what smart car technologies are saving them in fuel costs. But in the first study to assess the energy impact of smart technology in cars, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have put a number on the potential fuel-cost savings alone: $6.2 billion.