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Personally I think there is an agenda we may not be aware of. It really would not take much to make the present models significantly more efficient as has been mentioned in prior posts.
To make a dramatic step in increasing efficiency could have adverse effects on the existing vehicle population and its overall value. Consider the consequences of a cheap high mileage car that could be purchased for 15k or under new. Lets say it could average 40 city and 50 highway, well within the potential with better gearing, aero, direct injection, forced induction, start-stop, and rolling resistance improvements.
So what happens to the 30k hybrid when you can buy the same mileage for half price. The market collapses. The same holds true for all the rest of the current models of vehicles, if the manufacturers shot themselves in the foot and really made a high mileage car. You can see this when they "brag" about 30 mpg or 34 mpg, like it was some fantastic revelation that a car can actually get that kind of mileage. It's almost as ridiculous as politics these days. they wouldn't know the truth if it hit them right between the eyes.
Having driven cars that are practical and capable of AVERAGING 60 mpg at 60 mph average speeds (and even better) I guess the manufacturers must think I am incapable of a decent memory or rational judgement. I should be in awe of the 30 mpg highway new car.
I think I just have to wait for them to do something impressive and keep driving my recycled rejects from the scrap heap. When they get it right I might even go down there and buy a new car, write a check for it and drive off, but I doubt it, when you can find one smashed within weeks of it being first sold to the public.
regards
Mech
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