Comments on: New “Car” Gets 3,145 MPG

By: The Ahsan Times » Canadian car gets 3,145 miles per gallon

The Ahsan Times » Canadian car gets 3,145 miles per gallon — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:19:22 +0000

[...] of British Columbia propellerheads have created a car that can travel some 3,145 MILES ON A SINGLE GALLON OF GAS (Boston to San Diego on a single gallon — Road Trip!!). The super mileage results from a [...]

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:50:34 +0000

You are all sheep and just know how to follow the herd … most of you are so full of greed you forgot how to think for yourselves … you want to buy cheep things so you go to Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart (just ONE example so some moron doesn’t think I am Wal-Mart bashing) goes to China …you wonder why you don’t have a job! The rich will always push the limits of the poor and uneducated. It is time for common sense to enter the picture and REALLY LOOK at the people your voting for. Granted we don’t have crap to choose from … why do you think that is so strange!!! Wait until you get sick and beg for help … they’ll send for the cheapest African witch doctor to assist you and you’ll deserve it. Play your stupid video games, don’t spend time with your children, let CA. liberal deemi-Gods run this country, don’t protect our boarders, ignore our Constitution, allow gay marriages and porno = USA today.
You are so blinded and desensitized to everything as long as you can go to sleep in your cushy bed and send your kids off to school in the morning NOT TO EVEN THINK about the poor soldier dying, the mother crying, people starving all over the world, drugs given to our children as you suck on you drink!!! Of course don’t smoke LOL
As to the topic of gas MPG we have it and it doesn’t have to be small like your brain. They just haven’t sucked all our blood out yet!
I hope this makes you outraged; maybe, just maybe, you’ll not stand for it anymore. Let the banks have your home and buy a real downsized home for cash and own it!!! Never have another credit card! Throw out the video games and go out on a picnic! Look for getting off the grid> Cable, electric, heat / cooling. “In God we Trust” used to be our policy … now he is all but banned. I am ashamed of our country and probably just as bad as you all, but I try to do better every day .. Help save the USA, have SOME morals and reconnect with commonsense!
Thank you —-harry

By: Sri

Sri — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:44:45 +0000

Do you notice an unhealthy obsession with safety and the prevalent notion “bigger car = safer cars” . I agree it is intuitive .. but also note that that this fear is excessively exploited by

1) car companies to push trucks/SUV that are more profitable
2) Crash testing approval ( much more stringent than Europe) which will keep out lighter and more fuel efficient cars … I do see the hand of Big Oil here

You can argue for safety — but it is similar to arguing that guns make you safer. The fact is – guns make “YOU” safer – but when you sell millions of firearms , there are emergent characteristics that are not all favorable to the society at large. The forces that be, understand this very well while the common folk are happy with the microscopic view and the logic that makes sense to their tiny little universe. I bet the overall traffic casualties in Europe will reveal that American driver/passenger is no safer than his European counterpart.

My basic thesis is that we should tone down crash test safety requirements that will allow more fuel efficient cars into America — Hey! I can now use a favorite line that the Conservatives love to parrot– IT INCREASES CONSUMER CHOICE

By: rnubs

rnubs — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:34:40 +0000

people have been developing fuel economic solutions for cars that really work for years, and they are not even in the car buisness…what gives… i will only vote for a candidate that is willing to have the guts to stand up to big oil… after all it is 2008 and we still run cars the same way that henry ford did…

By: BigBandJohn

BigBandJohn — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:00:28 +0000

I think there’s a balance of price, functionality, safety, and fun that needs to be considered with economy, A car that does 0-60 in 10 or more seconds is frowned upon generally.

Personally, I find that there are a couple signs of hope for fuel efficient cars. Given a larger fuel tank, the Venture One would be a great fun car for commuting or just cruising for 1 or 2 people. If Bricklin actually pulls the $35k car he’s touting for 2010, that car would have the potential to be popular. The Fisker Karma would be extremely popular if it wasn’t for the $80k price tag.

Also, it’s incredible what a facelift on design can do. Take a standard truck, put a more aerodynamic spin on it, and get 20%-50% better fuel economy. Same with cars.

Look at NASCAR (or racing in general). They regularly have bad accidents, yet people walk away with at most minor injuries from most of them. That’s because it’s the cage in a frame concept. THe driver is in a cocoon that protects them, and the body is merely a plastic shell. Apply that concept to street vehicles going at 1/3rd the speed, and you can probably cut the weight of most street vehicles by 30-50%. Same look, lighter body, increased safety if done right.

The technologies are there for high performance high fuel economy cars. I think until the infrastructure is in place that hybrids will be the way to go, though eventually fuel companies will become Electric Charging stations as well. That’s when pure electric cars will become commonplace. An electric with 300-500 mile range and equal “fueling” opportunities as petrol is what it will take.

One last note. If anyone saw Futurecars, one episode showed the fluid dynamics design for a truck cab that increased fuel efficiency by 20%. Combine that with another episode where they ran a truck on a 3L diesel hybrid with, as they claimed, “better performance than the original 13L engine”, and imagine the savings.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:17:51 +0000

walk jeez people why doesn’t anyone walk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????

By: Frank Lee

Frank Lee — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:06:52 +0000

All I can say is “wow”, and shake my head. I haven’t seen this much collective stupidity since high school.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:43:34 +0000

Eric

Thanks..great site!

By: William Wilgus

William Wilgus — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:15:51 +0000

Light weight does not necessarily mean unsafe. Just look at the photos / video of Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica’s 180 mph head-on crash in his BMW Sauber during this year’s Canadian Grand Prix.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/11/video-kubica-crashes-canadian-gp/

The only injury he sustained was a sprained foot!

Formula 1 cars have a minimum weight—including the driver—of 1,334.8 pounds; all of them use ballast to get the cars up to that weight.

By: 3,145mpg Vehicle » Celsias

3,145mpg Vehicle » Celsias — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:54:43 +0000

[...] There’s a lively discussion over on dailyfueleconomytip.com about this little guy, where most regard this invention as an exercise in futility. One commenter mentioned a more realistic alternative, however – in the form of small, low-performance vehicles like the Volkswagon Lupo. From 2003: [...]