12,000 Miles per Gallon
July 6th, 2005
The Toyota Prius and Honda Insight are great, but this 1 person “car” made by British petroleum company BOC can travel around the world (25,000 miles) on only 25 watts, the equivalent of 2 gallons of gasoline. Of course, to reduce weight, they’re getting a 13 year old to drive it when they go for the highest efficiency record. It still looks pretty neat, and I’d ride one to work if a) it went faster than 30 mph, and b) I didn’t work from home.
Still, the article points out that the “Ech2o”, as it’s called, gives car companies a lot to think about. Link
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July 6th, 2005 at 12:19 am
and maybe c) if getting hit by another car wouldn’t make a pancake out of me
July 6th, 2005 at 1:01 am
man, and people thought the smart cars were tiny!
July 6th, 2005 at 7:40 am
the sweetest part would be if you could park it vertically, with the nose pointing toward the sky. It would only take up a few square feet…
July 9th, 2005 at 1:57 pm
so hott.