I read at one of the links that you gave earlier, that they went on highway
to a show. At average speed around 70 kmph and one person, the consumption
was 0.89 l per 100 km, 1.35 l per 100 miles or 281 mpg. If you trim the
weight and with a lower average speed, it should be possible to make a
vehicle (covered moped) that make 500 mpg. I doubt that such a vehicle
would be of general interest.
A Lupo 2L or Smart 2L is however feasible and I suspect that we could see
that quite soon. I think that Detroit have a lot to do, before they get
fuel efficient production cars.
Hakan
At 04:38 PM 6/29/2005, you wrote:
This might be interesting if the
effects of gravity could be reduced or
other technological developments implemented --
The VW 1L fuel economy is one litre per 100 kilometres
or about 235 miles per US gallon in 2002 and I don't know
what the average speed was. 290 kilogram (639 lb.) vehicle.
The California Commuter
104 kilogram (230 lb.) vehicle.
Gasoline Record
The 157.192 MPG at 55 MPH gasoline
record was set on November 20, 1980.
Diesel Record
The 156.53 MPG at 56.3 MPH diesel
record was set on November 30, 1981.
http://www.canosoarus.com/03CalifCommuter/CalCom01.htm
The Mini Micro Missile
A bicyclist on a typical road bike has to develop
1.0 Horsepower continuously to hold a speed of 30 Miles Per Hour.
A "first class athlete" can sustain this level of effort for
some 30 seconds whereas a "healthy human" can only sustain
this level of effort for about 12 seconds.
At 30 MPH, 12 seconds is just enough time to travel 200 meters! . . .
. . . 8 year old with maybe 1/8th of an adult's total Horsepower capacity
officially average 29.62 MPH over the 200 meter traps to become the
"World's Fastest Self Propelled Kid" . . .
http://www.canosoarus.com/12MMMissile/MMM01.htm
Producing just 0.1 Horsepower, which a
"healthy human" can do for 8 hours continuously,
a bicyclist on the moon would be cruising at 237 MPH!
That is just 1/10th of the horsepower an earthbound
cyclist needs to produce in order to be moving
along at a crummy 30 MPH! . . .
http://www.canosoarus.com/12MMMissile/MMM05.htm
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