VW Develops 200 MPG Car for Market
EcoGeek reports that VW has a 230 mpg two-seater in the works, called the 1L because it uses 1 liter of gasoline per 100 km, which it plans to have on the market by 2010. (Prototypes have gotten as much as 285 mpg.) Bravo VW!
Meanwhile, the three-wheeled Aptera will get 300+ mpg. The company is currently taking reservations.
It's about time! I predict that we're on the verge of a gas mileage revolution, with higher and higher mileage cars becoming available each year. (The consumption to beat is 7,000 mpg.)
I’d like to see more on this. It looks real good for a commuter car, obviously not a family car. It kind of looks like a fighter jet, which is a big plus in my book :) I’ve seen alot of criticism elsewhere on its size (or lack thereof). Do people make the same negative comments about new motorcycles? They can only carry two people and aren’t exactly known for winning head-on collisions with 18 wheelers.
I’d like to know why all of these great fuel-efficient cars are always a few years down the pike. L1-2010, Volt-2010, Loremo-2010, plug-in hybrids-2010, you name it, if it is being hyped as a car to help break our addiction to the pump it is always a “few years” away from selling. I think recent oil prices show that we need them now!
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The technology is already out there. From H2 to turbo-diesel-hybrid to plug-in-electric, people are doing aftermarket conversions for the wealthy. But automakers have been exceedingly slow to bring these technologies to market.
BTW, in many countries, a motorcycle is NOT limited to two people. Families of four and five ride them throughout much of the world. They typically weigh less than most Americans, though. I once was one of three riders on a moped, and weighed almost as much as the other two men put together-- the tiny engine just wouldn't handle it!
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