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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
The combined MPG they have mention is 60MPG and the highway is 84MPG. That means the city is at least 40 and probably 45-50MPG. That is awesome mileage, and I think it is about all we could expect from an ICE vehicle without Stop/Start. It makes it sound like 800 pounds (or so) is quite believable.
The Elio has a range of ~672 miles, and gets 84MPG at say 55MPH.
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The odd part of this is my subaru 360 which weighs in at 900lbs could get an honest 60mpg+ chugging along at 45-50mph and the city mileage in the winter was around 42mpg.
I am uncertain why the city mileage is so low for this trike, if my subaru can get 40's city real world but has a carb'd small gas 2 cycle engine there must be a lot of low hanging fruit available for this 800lb trike with a modern 4 cycle. Perhaps they need to beg honda for a lean burn 1ltr motor
I am guessing it points to the fact that it is overpowered, This means my 70's non-computer controlled 2 cycle rig with no a/f control whatsoever does a better job on the g/hp in the city at least, must be the 25hp instead of 70hp going on.