Write your congressman that the car industry is sitting on car efficiency that can get 80+mpg!Full Series Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle (HHV) in a Passenger Car Test Chassis
In the 1990s, the Partnership for New Generation of Vehicles was established to help U.S. automakers design a family-sized sedan that could achieve 80 mpg. A team of engineers working at EPA’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, succeeded in meeting this goal by using a revolutionary type of hydraulic hybrid. The chassis shown at right represents a large car platform, like a Taurus or Impala.
This HHV:
Achieved 80+ mpg on combined EPA city/highway driving cycles
Achieved 0-60 miles per hour in 8 seconds
Used a small 1.9 liter diesel engine
Showed no need for expensive lightweight materials to improve fuel economy
EPA estimated that in high volume the hydraulic components would only add $700 to the base cost of the vehicle and would pay for itself very quickly
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/technology/research/demonstration-vehicles.htm
The truth is this technology is from the 1970's
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Transportation/1977-11-01/Can-This-Transmission-Really-Double-Your-Cars-Mileage.aspx
Followed by an independent proof of concept a in 1978
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Transportation/1978-03-01/This-Car-Travels-75-Miles-on-a-Single-Gallon-of-Gasoline.aspx
The truth is the patten of Vincent Carman has expired so now the tech can come out. Anyway I will be happy if it gets into production. Just sad it took so long.
President Obama is pushing the auto industry to accept a new fuel economy rating of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025,Back in July of 2011, President Obama, a few days after giving a speech on new MPG standards for the US, was asked if he felt the future 50 MPG goal was too high a mark. He responded by saying that he, “knew for a fact,” that there are cars available today that get 80 miles per gallon.
Now you know he was telling the truth.
