Students Shoot for 2,500 MPG. Seriously
Found on Wired on Thursday, 14 April 2011
The Eco-marathon is a race, of sorts. The only goal is doing 10 laps around a Houston park at an average speed of 15 mph while consuming the teeniest, tiniest amount of energy possible.
Last year's winners, from Laval University in Quebec, achieved a phenomenal 2,487.5 mpg with a futuristic streamlined three-wheeler that weighed less than the engine in your hoopty.
Yet in the real world, manufacturers still don't produce cars which need less gasoline. Even a tenth of that record would be incredible.