VWs 300mpg car - will we ever see this technology?

NIMAN

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/car-manufacturers/volkswagen/8293372/Volkswagen-XL1-review.html

Amazing to think that within a couple of years there might be a car available that can do 300mpg.

Who knows what this will mean for motoring up until, say, 2020?

Will it ever happen or will the oil companies somehow scupper it.

pudzey101

Be amazing But probably take till 2040 to get to 100mph

cgarrad

2013 for 100mpg maybe...

http://www.hypermiler.co.uk/green-car-news/kia-rio-crdi-steals-the-uk-mpg-crown-with-an-epic-88-mpg

Atlantic Dawn

NIMAN wrote: »

Will it ever happen or will the oil companies somehow scupper it.

Governments would be more likely to scupper it, they would lose much more than the oil companies. Perhaps a "don't ever release that 300mpg car" tax would be introduced.

dev100

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Governments would be more likely to scupper it, they would loose much more than the oil companies. Perhaps a "don't ever release that 300mpg car" tax would be introduced.

Its a sad thing to say... But there would be a lot of truth in what you say

NIMAN

Yeah Gov's car policies tend to be very hypocritical.

They tax big 4x4s cos they say they want us to drive small, less polluting cars. As soon as we are all in small cars, they'll tax the sh1t outta them.

I too think this 300mpg technology is a long long way off, if we will ever see it.

savagecabbages

My guess is that we'll have stopped using petrol (oil) as a primary source of fuel long before 300 mpg becomes achievable. Not because the oil will run out -which it never will- but because it'l be so expensive to but a litre of refined fuel at the pumps that we'll have to switch to alternatives by necessity rather than choice.

Still nice to see research projects like this pushing things forward one bit at a time:D

ShadowHearth

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Governments would be more likely to scupper it, they would lose much more than the oil companies. Perhaps a "don't ever release that 300mpg car" tax would be introduced.

This is so true.

We are seeing our governor shooting themselfs in a foot with co2 tax system. Tax wil go up madly as they lossing money, but you all know the story already anyway.

Yup, save the planet! But don't forget to fork out alot of money for govermemt. What enviroment? You are drunk lads, just pay the tax...

Anan1

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Governments would be more likely to scupper it, they would lose much more than the oil companies. Perhaps a "don't ever release that 300mpg car" tax would be introduced.

dev100 wrote: »

Its a sad thing to say... But there would be a lot of truth in what you say

I don't see why our government would. They could simply increase fuel tax proportionately to keep revenue the same and, with reduced oil imports, it's win-win. That said, 300mpg at a steady slowish cruise is a very different thing from 300mpg in stop-start traffic.

E39MSport

Fuk that. I'll be hooring by the lot of ye in me ancient 5.0 V12 at 9 mpg

Stinicker

Governments will just increase taxation on fuel to compensate for increased efficency, if the national car fleet got up to say an average of 100mpg then the governments would just drive Petrol and Diesel up to €5.50/litre or €25/gallon.

There will be in the region of a 5c/litre tax increase in the budget anyway it seems.

-Corkie-

Yawn a 999cc TDI...