Andy Green's Green Machine
An engineer from the U. of Bath, UK, has created a 90-pound car that can get 8,000 miles/gal. OK, maybe he's exaggerating, but he built it himself. I'd like to know what Detroit (if that's still where it's at) is doing wrong. Too many cooks maybe? I'd also like to know whether Mr. Green could build me a version, say ten times bigger, that only gets 800 miles/gal. That would be OK, don't ya think?
posted by jj mollo @ 6/12/2006 12:17:00 AM
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interesting. Although that kind of mileage is never likely to happen in the real, the techniques and principle do often translate to real world applications
Well, how does he do it? And why can't we do it?
JJ, those machines lack robustness and utility that we require in our daily transportation. A dirty look would likely destroy them. That does not mean they are not good great test beds for subtle improvments
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