Good article on Tesla http://www.cleantechblog.com/2007/06/building-company-0-to-60-in-4- seconds.html Though I heard the scuttlebut is they've pushed out...
I just joined this group. I havent trawled through it, so sorry if Im going over old ground. I have no projects or experience, just a couple of ideas. First, I...
I having technical monopoly by changing minor change and it increase in average either it old or new one 4-wheelar, I can increase it up to 5km/lit.its my...
I'll go ahead and try to get the discussion started. I've been working on drawings and figurings for some time now for a car that I intend to call the Terrier...
... I ... financial ... Figure on 2 years ... to ... engine ... as ... the ... highway ... That sounds more like a series hybrid. Plug-in merely means that you...
I am a school teacher and a father of 4. I would like to be able to purchase a high efficiency vehicle, but they seem to be geared toward the high income and...
My bad, you were right Greg, I just checked the trupower.com website, they claim .51 lbs/hp/hr, which doesn't quite give me seventy plus mpg. I don't know why...
... who ... as ... You are right, current HEVs make no economic sense. Oil is so cheap that any complex attempt to use it more efficiently ends up costing more...
... That sounds more like it. ... As I remember an Austin Allegro (4 seater sedan) used about 12 hp, at cruising speed (can't remember what, probably 55 mph),...
Taking a look at what vehicles available. All start at $23. I heard that VW produced a diesel that acheived high milage. But they discontinued it due to...
... heard ... VW's diesels are pretty good, I've never heard the fuel leak story before. ... gas ... 1) The working pressure inside a diesel engine is much...
... The same reason all the small efficient Europe vehicles are not allowed to be sold here... the big three spend millions to keep them out... they lobby...
... As a matter of interest how long in advance are new regs announced, do you think? If the Europeans thought they were worth meeting, they'd do so - BMW...
And because you American's are brainwashed into thinking you have to be in a huge heavy SUV to be safe. There's lots of vehicles over here in Europe get great...
Many people do not understand the goals of US emissions and crash safety. Diesel engines produce fine particulates that cause respiratory problems similar to...
Do you feel safe in a SUV? Is it the size of the vehicle you are in which is the hazard or those which surround you? Here's some interesting comparisons from...
Tigger, I live in the USA, I drive a '86 Suzuki Samurai. with a Canada Hyundai carb. tore off all emissions, cat.Its not us common folk. its the gas auto...
My name is Darrell, I live in California, where transportation energy, and emmision is a factor. (Los Angeles rated the dirtiest city in America) In becoming...
As it happens I too am in rural countryside I'm surrounded by 5 dairies which ever way I go I have to go through one but I don't need a 4x4 in fact the folk...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the highefficiencyvehicles group: What mpg do you get from the vehicles you drive most regularly? o...
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... That silly graph you posted What was it trying to prove? Cheers Greg ... are in ... might be...
If you read the article you'd know. It's from the Economist and it's highlighting the petrol consumption in the US, compared to the rest of the world. The...
Tigger I like to have good gas mileage, the terrain here is sand,rock, floods out. Its the HIGH DESERT. low slung cars will lose there oil pans, or anything...
one more try. why focus on petrol, rather than petrol+diesel+lpg+cng used for road transport? the usa uses petrol where the uk uses diesel, and so on and so...
So what you're saying is that you have to do a lot of off roading basically. So you're not a typical driver and the terrain you drive on is often not tarmac. ...
Errr Greg, the UK and Europe has diesel for sure yes but it's a minority, all the more so LNG and LPG You're really clutching at straws to desperately cling on...
As I see it the US has us boondogled into believing that we have to accept what they let us have. The SMART car is starting production in the US this year and...
... I'm not trying to rubbish anything you said. I pointed out that the graph you chose was singularly misleading. ... when ... Yes, that would make the point...
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