110 MPG Mustang!

[Kracka]

Sounds to me like most of you need some of Matt D's special tinfoil hats.

Is 100+ mpg possible? Yes. Is it practical and affordable for mass production vehicles? No.

[Jakey]

Obviously engineers at auto companies are not smart enough or maybe they don't actually wan't to make a more efficient vehicle that doesn't in some way make up for money lost on oil savings.
I think you need to revise your statement to point a finger at corporate management. Engineers do what management tells them to do.

[twack]

I think you need to revise your statement to point a finger at corporate management. Engineers do what management tells them to do.
True but what about all te car enthusiests that modify or build their own cars who know the ins and outs and how to use it in different ways still havnt come up with this. I dont think they are hiding it from us it is just yet to be discovered.

[Pushit2.0]

Some one modified a Toyota Prius to get over 100mpg, it looks like they install more batteries and do not use the gas engine to recharge the batteries. And I am sure the re-program the car so it uses the electric motor a lot more. Also you plug it in to recharge the batteries over night, etc.

~John

[tpunx99GSX]

I dont see why you guys automatically doubt this. Im absolutly sure that 100mpg will be seen in our lifetime. And if i created this, i wouldnt pop my hood for no one, $10,000,000 on the line, fuck that i aint sayin shit.

[john]

You can convert a Toyota Prius or Honda Insight (I own one) to get over 100MPG. It isn't cheap but you can do it. My honda gets well over 50 MPG (not trying) and I have gotten over 60MPG over several tanks of gas. BTW, a tank of gas is ~550 miles.

I would like to get my hands on a Tesla Roadster. It is an all electric car which has been around for a little while. It is built on the Lotus chassis and costs $90,XXX. I would say that an all electric car (battery only) would get well over 100MPG.

[john]

More info about modifying a honda insight:

http://www.99mpg.com/Projectcars/mikesinsight/



The Prius uses a different form of technology compared to Honda's MIMA. A toyota can get higher MPG by converting to PHEV (plug in hybrid electric vehicle) which entails throwing a larger battery in back and making it so it can plug into the wall.

I researched this quite a bit a while ago but didn't follow through with the project. My MPG good enough :)

[asshanson]

I would say that an all electric car (battery only) would get well over 100MPG.

That's either a clever joke or you totally didn't think through your statement; either way I found it funny. At that point you have to switch units to miles per kilowatt or something :)

I'd totally rock an electric car if they weren't so expensive. A motor on each wheel FTW.

[scheides]

Some one modified a Toyota Prius to get over 100mpg, it looks like they install more batteries and do not use the gas engine to recharge the batteries. And I am sure the re-program the car so it uses the electric motor a lot more. Also you plug it in to recharge the batteries over night, etc.

~John

It's called a plug-in hybrid conversion. It does get 100mpg, but only for the first like 50 miles, which is more than the average person drives in a day anyways, so ya.

More info on that here, kits are $3k-10k...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid#Conversions_of_production_hybrids

[rose0529]

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/16/officially-official-gm-reveals-the-2011-chevy-volt/

info/pics released of the Volt