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capnhowdy 06-28-2005 01:53 PM

I can't help but wonder: how much fuel you could buy as opposed to the cost of this vehicle? Might be cheaper to drive the old Ford the rest of your life.

Elspode 06-28-2005 01:58 PM

Doesn't look to me like this vehicle has much suspension travel, either...potholes would be a bitch.

capnhowdy 06-28-2005 02:01 PM

This will prob ALWAYS Be an experiment. At least in my lifetime.

Queen of the Ryche 06-28-2005 02:07 PM

Not much room for the groceries.....or the gun rack.....

lookout123 06-28-2005 02:40 PM

i'm still waiting for the flying DeLorean. when that arrives, then i'll be interested.

Senor Oso 06-28-2005 04:23 PM

12,000 miles per gallon, blah blah blah - I want to know how many cup holders it has?

xoxoxoBruce 06-28-2005 05:51 PM

Clearly this is a lab experiment moved outdoors. No groceries, gun rack, child seats or cup holders. No potholes, curbs or even hills for that matter. I wonder if it doesn't even need a push to get started.
No hydrogen stations so it doesn't work in the real world.
It says Kilometers per liter of gasoline but doesn't use gasoline.
The two drivers are engineers but only has one seat.
Between language translations and scientific equivalent conversions it's easy to get confused here.
All that, plus the fact it probably cost a jillion dollars means it's still a lab experiment that appears to be successful. I thought they already knew they could do that....you know..use hydrogen to drive electric motors.

Oh and welcome to the Cellar, BaruMonkey and John. :D

capnhowdy 06-28-2005 09:18 PM

[quote] ....you know..use hydrogen to drive electric motors. [quote] (xoxoxoBruce)..
If they could replenish the hydrogen with electricity that would be SOOOO perpetual.
I had a dog once that ate all the cat sh#t out of the cat box. I thought Hmmmmmmm... If I could train the cat to eat dogshit I would only have to feed them each one time and tada....
The cat had no respect for my scientific inclination. Glad he ran away..........

elSicomoro 06-28-2005 10:05 PM

My car gets anywhere from 18 mpg (in city driving with the A/C on full blast) to 35 mpg (on the highway with just the fan on)...I think I'll stick with that, thanks.

wolf 06-28-2005 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
The two drivers are engineers but only has one seat.

Perhaps they are Greek?

LCanal 06-29-2005 05:16 AM

Best I found with a bit of surfing is 83.5mpg from a Honda Inspire that's 71.5 mpg for US gallons.

rupip 06-29-2005 07:08 AM

fuel prices
 
how much does a gallon in the us cost?
in europe it is about 5 USD

can´t believe that?! very easy: liter - us gallon 1: 3,7854; 1 liter gas around 1.1 EUR; 1 liter diesel around 1.0 EUR; 1 USD = around 1,2 EUR

maybe that explains why the swiss guys tried really hard.

capnhowdy 06-29-2005 07:34 AM

of course.... that explains it. I think.

xoxoxoBruce 06-29-2005 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rupip
how much does a gallon in the us cost?
in europe it is about 5 USD

can´t believe that?! very easy: liter - us gallon 1: 3,7854; 1 liter gas around 1.1 EUR; 1 liter diesel around 1.0 EUR; 1 USD = around 1,2 EUR

maybe that explains why the swiss guys tried really hard.

Since I paid $4us 25 years ago in Spain, I believe it. ;)

LCanal 06-29-2005 07:46 PM

Here in Indo it's subsidized. It’s 2800 Rp per litre so that’s err, carry the one, move the decimal place, $1.14 a gallon.
Diesel is usually 60%


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