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Pgfpro;
The work you have done in your engine efficiency thread is equally amazing to me. I always considered performance and economy to be in opposition to each other, and I was wrong.
You see, the ability to say I am wrong and learn something new, to change your preconceived notions about a certain technological pathway, is what keeps us in a state of advancement.
Indeed almost everything you have done could also be incorporated into my design, and the synthesis of both efforts could possible be the creation of something that is significantly greater than the sum of the components.
In the next decade, I think we will see this come to the point where engine efficiencies of over 50% and Intelligent power trains with energy recovery at high efficiencies will produce a 5 passenger 2500 pound car that does average over 100 MPG.
Not under ideal circumstances or at speeds that bicycles can match, but under normal circumstances driven by normal people.
As cars become more efficient mechanically, then aerodynamics and low rolling resistance tires will become even more significant and the cumulative effects of every improvement will be amplified by a system that responds to each small improvement.
regards
Mech
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