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Students Build 2752 MPG Hypermiling Vehicle
MikeChino sends along this awe-inspiring excerpt: "Think claims of electric vehicles that get over 200 MPG are impressive? Try this on for size: a group of mechanical engineering students at Cal Poly have developed a vehicle that can get up to 2752.3 MPG — and it doesn't even use batteries. The Cal Poly Supermileage Team's wondercar, dubbed the Black Widow, has been under construction since 2005. The 96 pound car has three wheels, a drag coefficient of 0.12, a top speed of 30 MPH, and a modified 3 horsepower Honda 50cc four-stroke engine. It originally clocked in at 861 MPG and has been continuously tweaked to achieve the mileage we see today." It's not quite as street-worthy, though, as Volkswagen's 235 MPG One-Liter concept. Updated 20:01 GMT: The Cal Poly car's earlier incarnation achieved 861 MPG, not MPH; corrected above.
It originally clocked in at 861 MPH
So they're going for the world land speed record as well as the fuel economy record? Impressive stuff.
"It originally clocked in at 861 MPH"
WOW!!! That's some seriously astonishing speed at 2,752 miles per gallon! My 30 minute commute just dropped to just under 2 minutes! Take the top off and I won't even have to bother drying my hair after I get out of the shower. The constant windburn would probably result in some ointments, but it's probably worth it. Even if it only holds one gallon of gas, I'd only have to fill up every 2 months! Take _that_ big oil, I'm sold!
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A top speed of 30mph, yet able to reach 861mph - there's some seriously exotic quantum behaviors they've managed to induce!
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Think claims of electric vehicles that get over 200 MPG are impressive?
The last thing that I am, is impressed, by someone who doesnt know that electric vehicles dont use a liquid fuel of any kind.
"His name was James Damore."