Posted by BobG on June 30, 2009, 4:28 pm
> I think you missed something out. What is your point?
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Just providing the corroborating fact that since electric vehicles can
in fact get .3 kwr per mile, it isnt a pipe dream requiring a
breakthru in physics to have a vehicle get 110mpg <-> 3 miles per kwh.
Just needs to be light, small frontal cross section and low drag, low
rolling resistance tires, and have an engine very efficient in the
20-30 hp range.
Posted by harry on July 16, 2009, 4:28 pm
> http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
> AID=/20090530/BUSINESS03/905300338/0/BUSINESS02
> Wauseon plant to open Monday for 110-mpg car engines
> Photo
> Doug Pelmear says his engine more than quadruples the efficiency of the
> average car engine.
> ( SPECIAL TO THE BLADE )
> Zoom | Photo Reprints
> By LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE
> BLADE BUSINESS WRITER
> WAUSEON - The man who drove his 20-year-old Mustang from Napoleon, Ohio,
> to Las Vegas and back last year on 39 gallons of fuel will open his first
> manufacturing facility Monday to allow others to get 110 miles per
> gallon.
> Doug Pelmear, owner of Horse Power Sales.net Inc. and Hp2G LLC, will hold
> an open house Monday morning in the idle 100,000-square-foot factory he
> has leased in Wauseon to begin manufacturing his revolutionary engine.
> The factory, on the Fulton Industries Inc. campus in Wauseon, will be
> tooled to initially turn out 20 of Mr. Pelmear's custom engines per day
> with one shift of 25 workers.
> A Decatur, Ind., specialty car company, Revenge Designs Inc., has
> contracted with Mr. Pelmear to purchase 2,000 engines for use in a new
> vehicle it plans to unveil at the end of this year at the Los Angeles
> International Auto Show. The vehicle is to be called the Revenge Verde
> Super Car, which will use Mr. Pelmear's 400-horsepower engine and its 500
> foot-pounds of torque to travel up to 200 mph and get 110 mpg - though
> admittedly not at the same time.
> "The engine is going to be a really great partnership with the car,"
> explained Emily Levault, a spokesman for Revenge Design. "The idea behind
> this was to give people what they want while putting people back in their
> jobs."
> Ms. Levault said the Verde will be introduced as both a left and right-
> hand drive, so that it can be marketed around the world. She said details
> of its pricing have not been released.
> Mr. Pelmear has said that he employs more precise tolerances and
> manufacturing techniques to decrease heat and energy loss and increase
> the efficiency of the internal combustion engine. He said he has more
> than quadrupled the industry average engine efficiency of about 8
> percent.
> Mr. Pelmear's company employs eight people, and he said he'll "take
> resumes" on Monday, but won't accept applications, for what would be his
> first shift of production workers. Depending on how the plant start-up
> goes, Mr. Pelmear said, "we'll probably add another 25 over the next
> three months after that." Mr. Pelmear did not say what workers will be
> paid.
> Contact Larry P. Vellequette at:
> lvelleque...@theblade.com
> or 419-724-6091.
Ah what bullshit! There is an economy car in the UK is pushing
10,000 MPG
Read all about it here!
http://www.gizmag.com/go/2946/
Not sure I'd want to drive it to work every day!
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