2843 mpg

[Steve Mayfield]

accomplished at Eco-marathon by a High School team from Evansville, Indiana [^] shattering last years record of 1902.7 mpg :cool:

Steve

[Pete OHanlon]

And yet somehow, I can't see me attempting to strap the kids into the back of it no matter how frugal it is.

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[Dalek Dave]

I had a Jaguar XJS V12 6 Litre. (2 x 3L Straight sixes side by side onto the same drive shaft). Flat out I would do about 4 miles to the gallon! Note the word HAD. Even taking it easy it would return about 12 to the gallon. At £5 a gallon it started getting too expensive! (Drive a little Girly car now, Peugeot 206CC 2 Litre Injection, fast enough but looks so Camp, especially with the roof down, but hey, my wife said I had to get a car she could drive!)

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[Lost User]

Penelope Pitstop? :rolleyes:

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[Dalek Dave]

Ho Ho Ho, Does that make me Dick Dastardly? Drat and Double Drat!

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[Mike Hankey]

Very impressive! The best of the two solar-powered entries came from Purdue University, whose Pulsar vehicle reached the equivalent of 2,861.8 mpg. WTF? If its solar how do they come up with the numbers provided? Mike

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[Lost User]

Could be worse - him[^]! :laugh:

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[Millennium Knight]

The rules are plain as day! (just kidding) From the official rules: Article 77: Solar-Powered Vehicles Competition: • All vehicles must be equipped with two, joulemeters, one to measure the electric motor energy consumption, the other one the solar panel energy production. Stickers, “SOLAR PANEL” and “MOTOR” must identify the two joulemeters. • For safety reasons, the battery and solar panel voltage will have to remain under 48 volts in all conditions. To be in accordance with joulemeter technical specifications, the motor electric current must not exceed 50 amperes permanent and 150 amperes peak. • The vehicles will go to the starting line with their batteries charged. • On the starting line, race marshals will set to zero the two joulemeters, then the vehicles will have access to the track to start their performance run under the same distance and time conditions as specified for the prototype vehicles class. • At the finish line, race marshals will read the two joulemeter displays. • Ranking: only vehicles for which the energy production is higher than energy consumption will be ranked. • The ranking will be determined as a function of energy consumption measured by “MOTOR” joulemeter (from the lower to the higher result).

[Mike Hankey]

I see so its a matter of energy consumption as opposed to volume of gasoline. I saw the mpg and assumed gas consumption and you know what happens when you assume. (ass.u.me) Thanks for the insight! Mike

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[Lost User]

Dalek Dave wrote:

I had a Jaguar XJS V12 6 Litre.

My car would mince the Jag, and it gives 30 to the gallon!

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