Hi Hakan, I was thinking of all the motorcycles I see and with some imagination and checking in with the department of motor vehicles one could build a two seater something like the VW 1L but with 3 wheels and possibly register it as a motorcycle though I haven't thought about this in decades. My Honda 500 cc use to get around 45 mpg and the Harley 61 ci 32 mpg and here in the US converted motorcycle three-wheeler trikes are popular so why not a 155 mpg California Commuter doing 55 mph. I'd love to watch the tv program building that one!
My past autos such as the Fiat 850, Honda Civic, Chevy Sprint and Ford Festiva averaged 40 mpg but kept me out of the rain, warm in the winter and brought home a store load of goodies if needed. So I've given up motorcycling and now find pedaling my bicycle or tricycle more enjoyable along with the exercise and when needed using the 48 mpg Geo Metro with E10. Maybe the US gov't and Detroit will come up with something in the distant future as the price of crude oil climbs but its difficult for me to imagine them doing that nowadays. > I read at one of the links that you gave earlier, that they went on highway > to a show. At average speed around 70 kmph and one person, the consumption > was 0.89 l per 100 km, 1.35 l per 100 miles or 281 mpg. If you trim the > weight and with a lower average speed, it should be possible to make a > vehicle (covered moped) that make 500 mpg. I doubt that such a vehicle > would be of general interest. > > A Lupo 2L or Smart 2L is however feasible and I suspect that we could see > that quite soon. I think that Detroit have a lot to do, before they get > fuel efficient production cars. > > Hakan _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
