Great Gas Mileage Cars in the Near Future?
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Great Gas Mileage Cars in the Near Future?
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Interesting, they are giving $10 million to a team that can make a "production-ready" gas efficient vehicle. Who else thinks this is a great idea rather than trying to push the government into enforcing laws that require better gas mileage.
Interesting, they are giving $10 million to a team that can make a "production-ready" gas efficient vehicle. Who else thinks this is a great idea rather than trying to push the government into enforcing laws that require better gas mileage.
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The car currently gets 92 miles per gallon, Pratt said, but the company thinks a hybrid version could achieve up to 400 miles per gallon.
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I doubt you can actually use all 300 ft lbs though. There has to be all sorts of limiters so people dont go through tires.
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Conventional hybrids are lame. More hype than results. Chevy Volt is the way of the future. 90% of most peoples' driving could be done on power from a house charge. Heck, they're talking about 35 MPG or even 44 MPG CAFE by 2020- what is the effective MPG of somebody driving a Chevy Volt 30 miles a day entirely on the house charge and only using the gas engine every month or two for a longer trip? Can they claim an "Infinite" rating so they can keep building all the 500 HP Camaros and CTS-Vs and 600 HP Vettes they want?
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fixed it for you...my premium guzzling subaru is cheap compared to my truck 
very true. I've attended several alternative powered vehicle seminars and discussions from both GA Tech and SAE...house charge hybrids are by far the best way to go. Household engery bill is much cheaper to per kw of used energy.
I'm personally a fan of "compound" hybrid diesels for fuel economy and ethanol for the "performance" models.
Conventional hybrids are lame. More hype than results. Chevy Volt is the way of the future. 90% of most peoples' driving could be done on power from a house charge. Heck, they're talking about 35 MPG or even 44 MPG CAFE by 2020- what is the effective MPG of somebody driving a Chevy Volt 30 miles a day entirely on the house charge and only using the gas engine every month or two for a longer trip? Can they claim an "Infinite" rating so they can keep building all the 500 HP Camaros and CTS-Vs and 600 HP Vettes they want?
I'm personally a fan of "compound" hybrid diesels for fuel economy and ethanol for the "performance" models.
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