Incredible Eco-Car Gets 584 Miles To The Gallon
But where do you put the shopping? Incredible video of the eco-car that manages 584 miles to the gallon
- It is powered by a modified Honda generator and can hit 12mph
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Here’s one answer to a strike by petrol-tanker drivers – a vehicle that does a whopping 584mpg.
Called the Lamina – it was built by a team of engineers from the California Polytechnic State University for this year’s Shell Eco-Marathon held in Houston, Texas.
The downside, however, is that there’s only room for the driver.
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Efficient: The Cal Tech car achieved 584mpg in the Shell Eco-marathon
The Lamina was entered in the event’s prototype class.
It’s powered by a modified Honda generator and can hit 12mph flat out. Its low fuel consumption is partly achieved by coasting.
In posts to National Geographic’s ‘The Great Energy Challenge’ blog, driver Ann Peters reported that, with the Lamina ‘we aimed to combine sleek aerodynamic shapes with ergonomic design in order to minimize weight’.
Slow and steady: Lamina will get you far – but can only reach 12mph
The power plant: Lamina’s engine is a modified Honda generator
Wheel-y clever: The Lamina demonstrates that gas-guzzling is strictly necessary
The vehicle’s name is Latin for ‘thin layer,’ she noted. ‘We felt it described the vehicle’s bladelike lines and sharp styling.
‘The design begins with a 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model using SolidWorks software. Then comes extensive design reviews. Finally, the whole project ends with the complete manufacturing of the vehicles done entirely on the Cal Poly campus by students.’
Cal Poly joined more than 1,000 high school and university students from throughout North and South America who designed and built 113 vehicles to compete in one or both of the event’s two types of vehicle classes: Prototype and UrbanConcept.
The teams can use either internal combustion or e-mobility energy sources, which include diesel, petrol, ethanol, FAME, solar, hydrogen and battery electric technologies
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