The entries for the 100 MPG X-Prize are set...

http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams


And it looks very good.

There are some tricycles, there are some very small cars, and there are some
cars converted from standard cars. But many other cars look like exotic
prototypes. And there is some surprising technology...like compressed air.

The Loremo diesel looks very practical and very capable. But there is some
highly developed hybrid technology as well.

So at the web link...click every team like that offers a photo or a
video...and then ask yourself...does this look like something or not ?

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 04:35:07 -0400, "PolicySpy" <PIntell@notmail.com
wrote:

The entries for the 100 MPG X-Prize are set...

http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams


And it looks very good.

There are some tricycles, there are some very small cars, and there
are some cars converted from standard cars. But many other cars look
like exotic prototypes. And there is some surprising technology...like
compressed air.

The Loremo diesel looks very practical and very capable. But there is
some highly developed hybrid technology as well.

So at the web link...click every team like that offers a photo or a
video...and then ask yourself...does this look like something or not ?


The technology has already existed since the '40s to get
fantastic mileage, since the "supercarburetor" is not a "myth".
However, if the people who have the patent for that don't
release it, the only thing that can be done is to build cars and
trucks much smaller, and with more efficient fuel systems. That being
the case, the car that represents the least radical shift from what
people are accustomed to seeing (in terms of internal space, etc) but
which meets the requirement is the one most likely to be commercially
successful in most areas.

The entries for the 100 MPG X-Prize are set...

http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams


And it looks very good.

There are some tricycles, there are some very small cars, and there are some
cars converted from standard cars. But many other cars look like exotic
prototypes. And there is some surprising technology...like compressed air.

The Loremo diesel looks very practical and very capable. But there is some
highly developed hybrid technology as well.

So at the web link...click every team like that offers a photo or a
video...and then ask yourself...does this look like something or not ?

The technology has already existed since the '40s to get
fantastic mileage, since the "supercarburetor" is not a "myth".

However, if the people who have the patent for that don't
release it, the only thing that can be done is to build cars and
trucks much smaller, and with more efficient fuel systems. That being
the case, the car that represents the least radical shift from what
people are accustomed to seeing (in terms of internal space, etc) but
which meets the requirement is the one most likely to be commercially
successful in most areas.

On 29 Jul 2009 10:33:08 -0400, klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:



Scotius  <yodas...@mnsi.net> wrote:
       The technology has already existed since the '40s to get
fantastic mileage, since the "supercarburetor" is not a "myth".

This technology is called the "motorcycle" and I have it on good word
that several companies in Japan and Germany, as well as at least one in
the US, are currently developing these "motorcycles" which should be on
the market soon.

       However, if the people who have the patent for that don't
release it, the only thing that can be done is to build cars and
trucks much smaller, and with more efficient fuel systems. That being
the case, the car that represents the least radical shift from what
people are accustomed to seeing (in terms of internal space, etc) but
which meets the requirement is the one most likely to be commercially
successful in most areas.

There is no miracle fuel system, there is only efficiency caused by reducing
wind resistance and decreasing mass.  There's only so much you can do with
a monster SUV design.
--scott

        A former Ford executive I met at a dinner I recently went to
for a friend told me the "super-carburetor" was real. I think he would
know.

There is no miracle fuel system, there is only efficiency caused by
reducing
wind resistance and decreasing mass. There's only so much you can do with
a monster SUV design.
--scott

Scotius <yodasbud@mnsi.net> wrote:
The technology has already existed since the '40s to get
fantastic mileage, since the "supercarburetor" is not a "myth".

This technology is called the "motorcycle" and I have it on good word
that several companies in Japan and Germany, as well as at least one in
the US, are currently developing these "motorcycles" which should be on
the market soon.

However, if the people who have the patent for that don't
release it, the only thing that can be done is to build cars and
trucks much smaller, and with more efficient fuel systems. That being
the case, the car that represents the least radical shift from what
people are accustomed to seeing (in terms of internal space, etc) but
which meets the requirement is the one most likely to be commercially
successful in most areas.

There is no miracle fuel system, there is only efficiency caused by reducing
wind resistance and decreasing mass. There's only so much you can do with
a monster SUV design.
--scott

On 29 Jul 2009 10:33:08 -0400, kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:

Scotius <yodasbud@mnsi.net> wrote:
The technology has already existed since the '40s to get
fantastic mileage, since the "supercarburetor" is not a
"myth".

This technology is called the "motorcycle" and I have it
on good word
that several companies in Japan and Germany, as well as at
least one in
the US, are currently developing these "motorcycles" which
should be on
the market soon.

However, if the people who have the patent for that
don't
release it, the only thing that can be done is to build
cars and
trucks much smaller, and with more efficient fuel
systems. That being
the case, the car that represents the least radical shift
from what
people are accustomed to seeing (in terms of internal
space, etc) but
which meets the requirement is the one most likely to be
commercially
successful in most areas.

There is no miracle fuel system, there is only efficiency
caused by reducing
wind resistance and decreasing mass. There's only so much
you can do with
a monster SUV design.
--scott

A former Ford executive I met at a dinner I recently went
to
for a friend told me the "super-carburetor" was real. I
think he would
know.

A former Ford executive I met at a dinner I recently went to
for a friend told me the "super-carburetor" was real. I think he would
know.

A former Ford executive I met at a dinner I recently went to
for a friend told me the "super-carburetor" was real. I think he would
know.

Then why doesn't Ford bring it to market and capitalize on the,
"green," trend with some 100+ MPG cars that don't rely on highly
sophisticated junk like hybrid drives?