Ford Engineer Builds 125 MPG 3-Wheel Vehicle at Home
May 12th, 2009Via: Ecomodder:
What does a Ford Motor Company fuel economy technical expert do for fun at the end of the day?
He heads home to his own shop and custom builds an aerodynamically efficient, two-passenger, 3-wheel motorcycle capable of 125 mpg (US) at 65 mph (1.9 L/100 km @ 105 km/h) and a top speed of over 100 mph (161 km/h). And then after using it for 3,200 miles (5,150 km), he puts it on eBay to make room in his garage for the next version which will be a plug-in hybrid.
“After working [on] improving conventional production car/truck fuel economy I wanted to try something with fewer constraints,” says EcoModder member John (HyperRocket). Now there’s an understatement.
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There’s this one too.
This Car Is Not the Future
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/this-car-is-not-the-future/
The person who wrote the article seemed to have a personal problem with the vehicle’s owner IMHO.
While I find this to be proof positive that there is no lack of ingenuity amongst American engineers and inventors it only proves what I’ve known for so long… That any “inefficiencies” you see from automobiles on the showroom are by design.
These types of “cars” have been around for yonks. What the optimists fail to realise is that nobody WANTS to drive them or own them. You can’t fit your friends or your groceries. You’ll get crushed by a Honda Accord in a fender-bender, and if you’re 90% of the American population, you can’t even fit yourself in it.
It doesn’t have the same functionality as a car.