Ultra mileage vehicle design

[freebeard]

The current record is approaching 11,000 MPG.

It's hard to keep up.

[sheepdog 44]

Buy a car that gets 50mpg. ONLY drive it with 4 people in the car. Have them pay their share for gas. You've now made the equivalent of four 200mpg vehicles, each emits a 1/4 the pollution of a regular car.

Where do you always find 3 other people to always ride with you? Co-workers Monday through Friday. Neighbors that buy groceries on the weekend. People on rideshare or craigslist for special events. Hitch hikers when you're able. That should cover your bases.

[NeilBlanchard]

This is what I am largely basing my hypothesis on what is important in efficiency:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post181816

After the X-Prize, Edison2 which got ~102MPGe Combined and 129MPGe Highway, weighing 830 pounds powered by an ICE - they then put in a electric drivetrain and the weight went up to 1140 pounds - but it gets 245MPGe.

The Allert Jacobs streamliner is another reference point:

214 mpg with DIY aerodynamic fairings on a Honda 125cc motorbike

~90MPG stock weighing about 151 pounds, but with the aero shell and taller gearing and weighing 231 pounds, it gets 214MPG.