Garmin EcoRoute Video
Garmin EcoRoute Video Transcript
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>> Hey there. I'm Tom Merritt from CNET.com at CES 2009, taking a look at the Garmin ecoRoute. It's a free software download for your Garmin Nuvi devices. You can go the Garmin website to find out if your device can get the download, and that's where you get the download as well. And what it does is add some pretty interesting fuel calculations to the Garmin interface. Let's take a look. So you go into "tools," and you'll find the "ecoRoute" option right here. And this is where you can access some interesting things. So the first thing I want to do is put in a vehicle profile. My car gets 32 miles per gallon in the city, 35 on the highway. And I usually use unleaded fuel. I mean, most people do, right? Once it has that, then it can give you a fuel report. They've been driving it around, so they've gone 82 miles, 8 hours, or 8 minutes and 21. And this one down here will tell you your carbon footprint, how many pounds of carbon you've burned using your car. So if you're into carbon offsets, you could use this to calculate how to offset your driving. Fuel cost is very good in these trying times. You can put in how much the fuel will cost, and that will help some other calculations down the road, so when you go to the pump you can adjust that. And once you've got all that information in, then go somewhere, and it will actually tell you how much it's gonna cost to get there. Once again, this is all features that are part of the Garmin ecoRoute, a free software download for people who use the Garmin Nuvi devices. And available right now. At CES 2009, I'm Tom Merritt. ^M00:01:25 [ Music ]
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Garmin EcoRoute Specs
Manufacturer: Garmin
Part number: cnetecoroute
