239 MPG Car

Kozmik writes "VW/Audi has a history of being a leader in creating super fuel efficient vehicles. They currently sell the most fuel efficient car in the world, 3L Lupo and the Audi A2, and the most fuel efficient station wagon (Jetta TDI Wagon). Now VW is experimenting with something along the lines of the Honda Insight ( a 2 person vehicle ). The 1L VW concept car can achieve .89L/100kms or 239MPG. With Biodiesel and Ultra low sulfur diesel becoming available, hopefully more of these vehicles will come to North America. These fuels are already available in Europe and combined with the new catalyst technology they use, these new engines produce very low emissions." It's nice to talk about alternative fuels, but I have yet to see a gas station selling one of them.

Comments

Balance is maintained

[Woogiemonger]

The more environmental preservationalists that take to the road in their tiny, super-efficient cars, the more of them I run over with my SUV.

Michael's just an idiot

[hatless]

The editorial comments are often pretty dumb and uninformed, but in this case we're dealing with Michael, who doesn't know a damn thing about anything. I wonder if he's ever read a newspaper more complex than USA Today. Probably not. All those big words and funny names, and no good stories about anime and hobbits.

Re:You've yet to see station selling suitable fuel

[letxa2000]

Bullcrap. Gas SHOULD cost what the free market says it should cost. Gas is not subsidized by the government, it is taxed.

Essentially, gas prices higher than about a buck a gallon is the government discouraging use. $3/gallon (or whatever it costs) in the Socialist States of Europe are due to socialistic tendencies in those countries, not because gas should cost $3.

Reality check.