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Lasers are all cool and stuff but...
What we really need is better batteries, not more expensive gasoline technology. I personally think they are throwing money at a dying technology. I would concentrate on spending the money on battery research. Electric motors are by far the most efficient practical solution for vehicles. The biggest gains from improving the gasoline engine have been made already. Gasoline engine efficiency up to 25% for otto or 35% for Atkinson. (If you drive it sensibly) Electric motor up to 95% efficient and the energy can come from almost any source. As we all know here, Aero improvements and taking loads off the engine give the biggest MPG gains. That's the low hanging fruit the automakers should be taking advantage of.
I realize that the combustion engine is here to stay in some applications but right now we should be getting off the gas ASAP
And don't even get me started on Hydrogen
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Vortex generators are old tech. My new and improved vortex alternators are unstoppable.
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