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New VW diesel - 55km/litre
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SaiyanZ
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I think you'll end up paying much more through your electricity bill. Eskom will be happy.
More facts required:
- 1.8L/100km combined for an entire tank or just the first 100km?
e.g. Mostly battery use for first 100km using 1.8L of diesel. Then 100% diesel at 4L/100km for the remaining 500-700km?
- Were the economy tests done at 80km/h?
- Will there be a monthly battery lease like the Nissan Leaf and what will it cost?
I guess that's the great thing about concept vehicles. Lots of wild claims without a need to back them up.
- 1.8L/100km combined for an entire tank or just the first 100km?
e.g. Mostly battery use for first 100km using 1.8L of diesel. Then 100% diesel at 4L/100km for the remaining 500-700km?
- Were the economy tests done at 80km/h?
- Will there be a monthly battery lease like the Nissan Leaf and what will it cost?
I guess that's the great thing about concept vehicles. Lots of wild claims without a need to back them up.
d0b33
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A diesel hybrid is the obvious choice for extreme fuel savings.
TheMightyQuin
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I would say a bicycle....if being really pedantic is allowed in this case?
d0b33
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would'nt a diesel-electric work even better? This is a old idea. Locomotives have implemented this for ages now. At first it does not make sense but indeed it works because of the huge efficiency of electric motors. The problem with this is cost. You have now 2 or more engines on board plus a very expensive battery. Because the ICB works in a very confined revolution and power range, it can be much better designed for the job at hand (unlike a usual vehicle engine, which has to deal with a multitude of operational requirements) By extracting energy out of the hot exhaust gases, efficiencies well above ICB theoretical limit of 33% can be achieved. (a motor vehicle runs at about 20% efficiency at best!)
That is very ambitious. I get betwen 4,0 and 4,2l/100km (although it's been getting better with each tank thus far) with my Bluemotion Polo driving super economical. Although slightly more than the claimed figures, it's still bloody awesome getting 1200kms+ with a single tank, althugh then it's bone dry inside that fuel tank!
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You don't pay for the electricity ; it's a hybrid
and prepare yourself for a heart attack if you ever drive a car again with fuel consumption above 8l/100km
and prepare yourself for a heart attack if you ever drive a car again with fuel consumption above 8l/100km
Haha! This is true. We took y wife's Mazda 3 whewe went on a trip last week, and got around 7.1l/100km and it really frustrated me!!!
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and prepare yourself for a heart attack if you ever drive a car again with fuel consumption above 8l/100km
Lol
Come drive mine for a bit. Best I can do on the drive to work is 10l/100 if there's no traffic.
Add in some stop start and we're up to 18.
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Geez - someone with worse consumption than me ...
There's something wrong with your car btw
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Geez - someone with worse consumption than me ...
There's something wrong with your car btw
Nope it's fine.
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Yup.
d0b33
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WTH? I have a golf3 2L GTI and don't go that high... 14 maybe, but 18L/100KM ?