100 Mpg!
 

I get the print edition of this mag and read the story this morning. They referenceThe Mercedes Bluetec several time in the article. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/motorhead-messiah.html

Neat article, thanks for sharing.

Let's hope somehow at least one of the Big 3 take his ideas and apply them.


Great Article, Thanks

Let's hope that he isn't simply deluding himself, which I think is likely the case.

Industry reform comes from outsiders? Non-engineers really can teach Detroit how to save fuel? Somehow, my skepticism remains. Until there is independent verification of his claims (and saving fuel from putting a diesel engine in a H2 doesn't qualify), this goes in the same bin as the 100MPG carburetor.

He may or may not be deluding himself. The trouble with the Detroit, is that they are like the cars they built in the mid seventies - big and slow. Bean counting is a sport with them, and commitees are a great way for them to spend company resources. In many ways they are starting to mimick a government, except that the car companies have to answer to shareholders - politicians don't answer to anyone.

I was hoping this would get things going. I don't believe everything I read, but I think this is just the surface of what we can do to improve fuel economy and get off so much dependence on oil.

The Big 3 don't come up with new technologies, they wait for someone else to, see if it sells, then belatedly whip something up.

If he can get a 1960 Lincoln Continental to pull 100 mpg, he'll start a revolution.

Our family had a '64 and '65 Continental and those damn things weighed 6,000 lbs.

One wonders if there isn't some limit in terms of available work per unit of fuel. Getting 90% efficiency out of that fuel might lead to 100 mpg for a large car but that might be on the fanciful side.

It sounds like he's partly getting his High MPG by using an additional fuel source that he doesn't count as fuel usage... still pretty good MPG and still pretty cool.