Over 1300MPG!

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/07/sahimo-hydrogen-vehicle-travels-568-kilometers-on-1-liter-of-fuel/

And it looks like a miniature funny car!

very very nice... now if only the car makers would take notice

Well to be fair it weighs as much as a sportbike (soccer moms gasp in fear!), has as much room as an enclosed recumbent bicycle and costs as much as a light aircraft...but still, if just a tiny bit of this technology could rub off on production cars...

GameboyRMH wrote: Well to be fair it weighs as much as a sportbike (soccer moms gasp in fear!),

and is comprised primarily of cloth and plastic

Sahimo, meet mr big rig

4cylndrfury wrote: and is comprised primarily of cloth and plastic Sahimo, meet mr big rig

You know, a lot of the cars that people here love aren't exactly "big rig proof" either. Eventually this argument gets a little nonsensical I think.

tick, tick,tick.....................boom!

mad_machine wrote: very very nice... now if only the car makers would take notice

Of what? that you can make a 240lb car that has a very small frontal area, and gernally no performance outside of fuel economy and probably no emissions control can get 1300mpg?

Especially when the world record is 3x that.

It's not like it's really that shocking. Or even innovative.

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It's not, but 10X the weight and 1/10 the MPG would be.

I have always wanted to build a single seater personal commuter vehicle.

I've seen similar microcars with megamileage numbers, but that one actually looks more streetable than most. The ones I've usually seen have no lights or mirrors, and a driving position more reminiscent of an enduro kart.

DILYSI Dave wrote: It's not, but 10X the weight and 1/10 the MPG would be.

I agree. Of course, the big guys also have to deal with crash testing, etc. which always seems to create a bit of a problem.