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Can Your Car Get 1,700 MPG?

Posted by timothy on from the if-m-stands-for-meter dept.

Xaroth writes "Given all the hubbub over EPA mileage ratings, I'm a little surprised that this one hasn't come up earlier. SAE apparently holds a contest each year to encourage students to design single-person, fuel-efficient vehicles. This year's winner achieved 1,747.4 MPG, with the press release that tipped me off pointing out that third got a 'measly' 1,194. There are more details on the competition over at SAE's site about the competition. Now, if only they could make these street-legal..." However, even the winner has nothing on top entries we mentioned in Shell's competition a few years back.

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  1. New hummer? by aiyo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somehow I dont think a styrofoam hummer will take off..unless there is a gust of wind.

  2. Re:Haha by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

    we'd all be a lot healthier if we followed Fred's example

    I suspect the cardio vascular benefits of using your legs to power your car would be dwarfed in comparison to the damaged caused by eating one of those ribs that toppled said car.

  3. your calculations are a little screwy by SeXy_Red · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your saying that your car can drive 4305564.16 Square Feet for every 52.5 gallons? First of all how do you calculate how many square feet a car drives? You would have to take the width of the car and multiply it by the length the car has driven. I will assume for the sake of easy math that your car is 10 feet wide; If you divide 10 4305564.16 by 10 you get 430556.416 feet, which converts to about 81.5 miles. That means that your car gets 1.55 miles to the gallon, which is pretty bad unless of coarse you are driving a canyonaro. :P

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