How about a Race??? - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

robchalmers · 07-03-2010, 05:47 PM

More like a rally really............

I was thinking after watching the X prize footage etc, punding round a track is all well and good but what about a sense of real world adventure?

How about an ECO-cannonball - New York to San Fran for example or London to Porto. At the speed lmit. but on the least fuel/energy

A datum car would set a boogie time for a given sector, so that if someone particularly slo in order to save fuel that could be judged and get a MPG Penality.

Each Car would have to have a fixed camera(to monitor traffic) a GPS tracker (to monitor speed and distance) and a fuel cap lock / monitor

Manufacturers get the 'speed/exitement' element and 'normos' get to see that High Mpg's are restricted to apparently boring cars.....

whos up for it?

stevet47 · 07-03-2010, 06:14 PM

Sounds like a cool idea, but not the kind of thing you can just throw together. It would need a ligit organization/comity to plan it correctly and made the results valid.
Plus, I am not sure if the people who are really into saving fuel want to waste it just to prove how much they save, lol.

robchalmers · 07-03-2010, 06:24 PM

heck it'd only be 30gallons for an insight running 100mpg

so thats $105 at 'peak oil'

Laurentiu · 07-03-2010, 06:51 PM

Hmmm, Wacky Races ?

Seriously, I think it's a good idea, but I wouldn't really call it a race, more like a ecomodding marathon of drawing attention to these wonderful practices to help cure our addiction to this foul contraption called oil.

AeroModder · 07-03-2010, 08:14 PM

I'm game. Especially if we can get some impressive results and turn some heads while getting together and having a good time.

We could also include different fuel categories (Ethanol, EV, Hydrogen, Petrol) and compare results.

So, maybe by 2012?

Mustang Dave · 07-03-2010, 09:36 PM

Will the winner be determined by % over EPA combined or..?

ShadeTreeMech · 07-03-2010, 09:59 PM

I'd think for different fuels it should be based on gasoline energy equivalent, ie x amount of fuel source = energy in 1 gallon of gas. This is a commonly used basis and would level the playing field.

Bicycle Bob · 07-03-2010, 10:53 PM

How about calling it an Eco-Rally?

NachtRitter · 07-03-2010, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech

I'd think for different fuels it should be based on gasoline energy equivalent, ie x amount of fuel source = energy in 1 gallon of gas. This is a commonly used basis and would level the playing field.

Based on the contentious discussion toward post #64 of the Progressive Automotive X-Prize [Final] Round thread, MPGe is not as commonly agreed upon as you might think...

robchalmers · 07-04-2010, 06:58 AM

I think there should be awards for each of the four classes.

- Best MPG inclass
- most improved over EPAc ( or suggested range for EVs?)

But I also think there should be a BEST MPG overall as a kind of 'Blue Ribbon'

Also I think that maybe there should be a Proto class and a Mod Class so that Manufacturers can be tempted to bring new tech and show-off what vehicles you can actually buy!

p.s. the idea I had for the euro versio goes past Le Mans..... just excites me alittle as an enduro boy!