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In 2008, we set out to build a car that would get 100 miles per gallon. Because we wanted this to be something interested MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers could build for themselves, we also set the goals of using off-the-shelf parts and staying within a budget of $10,000 — a reasonable price for a car. And we’ve done it! MAX (MOTHER's Automotive eXperiment) has been demonstrating its 100-mpg capabilities for a full year. (Read more about the journey at 100-MPG Car: MAX.)
The surprise was, it wasn’t even close to a gallon, it was 0.818 gallon, $3.14, and when the official results were released, my score was 127.38 miles per gallon. Not good enough to win of course; two of the bikes had me beat by a bunch, but still...127 mpg? Really? Read more: www.motherearthnews.com...
EPA fuel-economy ratings aren’t available yet for the Cayenne, but Porsche estimates it will score 20 mpg city and 28 highway.
A couple well-known for fuel mileage records on regular roads notched 84.1 mpg in a Volkswagen Passat diesel with six-speed manual.
That high mileage let them go 1,621.1 miles on a single tank of fuel in a three-day ramble through nine states from Houston to Northern Virginia, VW and the couple say.
MAX’s remarkable fuel economy comes from the car’s 32-horsepower Kubota diesel engine and its streamlined body.
Read more: www.motherearthnews.com...
MAX is great fun on sunny days, but to be truly practical, we need to add an enclosed cabin with a roof, doors, windows and a heater. At present, driving MAX is much like riding a motorcycle, and the only protection you have from the elements is what you wear (glasses or goggles are mandatory).
Read more: www.motherearthnews.com...
I just can't even imagine how many pages of NO! they'll be served with if they try to mass produce. Or even anyone else driving one for that matter.
Big Oil will never allow it.
Originally posted by boncho
reply to post by jude11
I just can't even imagine how many pages of NO! they'll be served with if they try to mass produce. Or even anyone else driving one for that matter.
Big Oil will never allow it.
Big oil has allowed plenty of cars that are able to get over 50mpg+ on diesel. Check out my previous post. We will have to agree to disagree in this case Jude.
Cheers.
Originally posted by moniesisfun
Yes, but can you print it out yourself
I think we need an ATS challenge to design an uber aerodynamic shell for a car that can be easily printed out and fitted together from but a hundred or so variations in parts.
reply to post by Bilky
Which is why we should have collision detection, GPS assisted, remote driving systems hooked up to a national super computer mandated on public roads by say. . . 2025 or so.
I think we'd all get their faster, going slower, yet without the idiotic stop and go, road raging retards. You could drink and get anywhere, save fuel, and get laid all while safely traveling to your destination!edit on 24-10-2012 by moniesisfun because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by moniesisfun
reply to post by boncho
The point is that there are plenty of vehicles that get much better, which are manufactured in the U.S. , but aren't allowed to be sold here, because they don't pass emission testing. The thing is that emission testing looks at emissions per gallon, but neglects to factor that against the average MPG of the vehicle compared to the national average.
It's a cop out to keep the cars off the roads. The heavier explanation is that we get taxes for the public roads from the tax on gas, so if we're saving fuel, we will have crappier roads. It's yet another cop-out, imo. If we wanted to we could change to a flat tax to keep the same budget.
I think it means the ultimate reason is that big oil hires lobbyists to make sure the policy isn't changed, and/or pays of congressmen to keep silent. What else could make sense of it?
To determine annual greenhouse gas emissions per passenger vehicle, the following methodology was used: vehicle miles traveled (VMT) was divided by average gas mileage to determine gallons of gasoline consumed per vehicle per year. Gallons of gasoline consumed was multiplied by carbon dioxide per gallon of gasoline to determine carbon dioxide emitted per vehicle per year. Carbon dioxide emissions were then divided by the ratio of carbon dioxide emissions to total vehicle greenhouse gas emissions to account for vehicle methane and nitrous oxide emissions.
It was too expensive and too small in the mid-size sedan segment. So they came up with a larger version with a better price point; and of course the size effects the mileage. [Americans are not nearly so concerned with mileage as Europeans are.]
Third, a US gallon (3.79 L) is less than an Imperial gallon (4.546 L).
Fourth, the US government doesn't stipulate to an automobile company what vehicles they can and cannot sell, other than setting the regulations for things like emissions, with which the manufacturers are required to comply.
Originally posted by davespanners
reply to post by jude11
The VW Polo Blue Motion Linky gets 80mpg and thats in full production
Originally posted by jude11
reply to post by tothetenthpower
Big Oil will never allow it.