British inventor claims to have made world's most fuel efficient car: 8,000 mpg

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri May 12, 2006 9:11 PM EDT

Article Source: PhysOrg.com

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I guess he's got the right last name.

"A British inventor unveiled a car he claims is the world's most fuel efficient -- capable of doing 8,000 miles (12,875 km) to the gallon (4.5 litres).

Andy Green, 45, spent just 2,000 pounds (2,925 euros or 3,732 US dollars) over two years creating the three-wheeled contraption in his spare time.

The car, named "TeamGreen," is 3.1 metres (10 feet 2 inches) long and a mere 0.6 metres (2 feet) wide, weighing just 30 kilograms (four stone).

"It's a labour of love," said Green, a technician in the mechanical engineering department of Bath University, south-west England."

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Kurt

MythBusters just recentley proved that this is pretty much impossible.

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#1 - Sat May 13, 2006 8:05 AM EDT

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I SPY

There has to be some sort of limit to how much energy is potentially is in a gallon of gas

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#1.1 - Sat May 13, 2006 8:15 AM EDT

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David Kellaway

MythBusters just recentley proved that this is pretty much impossible.

So you think this guy spent two years working on this project just to lie about it?

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#1.2 - Sat May 13, 2006 8:57 AM EDT

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I SPY

No just that breaking the 1300 kpg barrier is proving to be tough. I thought 1200 would be the limit it looks like that may not be the case

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#1.3 - Sat May 13, 2006 9:19 AM EDT

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evano

Despite what MythBusters, says, this one is legit. This is a press release from the University of Bath, England, where Andy Green works, describing the winning of the current UK record in 2005, 6,603 mpg. There are a couple of pictures of the car, and a bunch more at the Team Green website and calling it a car is not exactly accurate. First of all, it travels at 9-12 mph, using the brakes at all severely affects gas consumption, it rides extremely low to the ground, giving the driver almost no visibility. There are also no real breakthroughs here, just impractical refinements of materials, weight, aerodynamics and limited engine size and speed. While it is pretty amazing how far you can stretch the gas and how much waste we accept in our vehicles, I doubt if any of this has an opportunity to make it into real-world solutions.

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#2 - Sat May 13, 2006 10:30 AM EDT

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I SPY

This is not like the Solar challenges, it is a left over from the 70's fuel crisis when British Petroleum tried to use false advertising to say you got better mileage from there petrol. It was also used in car adds where they would hang a clear glass gallon bottle out of the widow and have "economy drives" and car rallies took into account how much fuel was used.

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#3 - Sat May 13, 2006 10:46 AM EDT

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