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They switched from giving you the fastest route by default to giving you the one that uses the least gas.
They also now offer alternative routes that take you past businesses which paid money to Google.
That's in your trip options "prefer fuel efficient route". You can turn it off.
I know. But I won't.
Hypermiling is as fun to me as driving fast is for others.
It's like a mini-game I get to play every time I'm forced to drive a car.
I hypermile casually but Iโm not sacrificing travel time to save a bit of gas.