{"id":503742,"date":"2010-04-01T14:39:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T18:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-04-01-how-to-improve-a-hummers-mileage-and-add-retro-style\/"},"modified":"2010-04-01T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T18:39:42","slug":"how-to-improve-a-hummers-mileage-and-add-retro-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/503742","title":{"rendered":"How to improve a Hummer’s mileage and add retro style"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tby Ashley Braun <\/p>\n

Improving a Hummer’s mileage doesn’t take much. And it doesn’t even require pricey, high-tech electric batteries.<\/p>\n

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Artist Jeremy Dean says you have to go Back to the Futurama<\/a>, which is more 19th century than lithium-ion centric. But how to actually improve a Hummer’s mileage?<\/p>\n

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Easy: Put two horses in front of it and take it for a ride through Central Park<\/a>. While we’re not sure how much you’d have to pony up to get this kind of horsepower, the video below is worth watching to see how Dean’s Hummer hoofs it. <\/p>\n

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