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The most fuel efficient car ever built: 2072 miles with 1 liter of fuel

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Re: The most fuel efficient car ever built: 2072 miles with 1 liter of fuel

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Post by papa_bear »

Very cool car, very poor quality article. It reads like it was written by a syndication algorithm that throws in weirdly subjective statements at the end of every paragraph.

Here's a slightly better one with a video: http://wonderfulengineering.com/new-car-designed-by-french-s...

Re: The most fuel efficient car ever built: 2072 miles with 1 liter of fuel

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Post by Shivetya »

rlpb wrote: post #4

I wonder what the maintenance efficiency of this car is.

Your too generous, its not a car. It is a rolling science project, a trike, something no one could drive to work or play.

I want to see work done with existing vehicles, full safety and comfort features, where through inexpensive aerodynamic changes and propulsion tricks improve on what manufacturers offer now.

Re: The most fuel efficient car ever built: 2072 miles with 1 liter of fuel

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Post by stinos »

Amazing. Anyone has an idea what kind of bearings used in the wheels? The if you would spin its wheel, it would not stop spinning for almost 2 miles, whatever that actually means, makes it sound like they are something special.

Also somewhat funny how such competitions are usually sponsored by fossil fuel companies. It's like they are preparing for the future with a business model idea like 'so, within x years there's going to be not enough fuel for the cars. Prices will skyrocket. Hmm, better make some cars that don't use a lot of fuel so we can stretch it to the fullest'. Perfectly understandable from an economic point of view, but would't research into alternative, cleaner mobility a better solution for everyone in the long run?

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Post by arethuza »

Shivetya wrote: post #5
rlpb wrote: post #4

I wonder what the maintenance efficiency of this car is.

Your too generous, its not a car. It is a rolling science project, a trike, something no one could drive to work or play. I want to see work done with existing vehicles, full safety and comfort features, where through inexpensive aerodynamic changes and propulsion tricks improve on what manufacturers offer now.

Have you seen the VW 1-litre car?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_1-litre_car

Re: The most fuel efficient car ever built: 2072 miles with 1 liter of fuel

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Post by nixy »

easytiger wrote: post #7
codehero wrote: post #3

I don't understand where the 2072 mile figure came from. The Shell competition was only 16km. And why describe fuel economy in miles per liter?

> And why describe fuel economy in miles per liter? err, why not?

The most common fuel efficiency ratios are expressed either in miles per gallon or kilometers per liter (or liters per 100 km). Mixing imperial and metric units is pretty unusual.
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