Volkswagen is about to show a car that gets an astonishing 69.2 miles per gallon of fuel efficiency:
The car is a diesel-electric-hybrid that combines two of the most fuel efficient technologies. Thanks to this concept, the VW Golf TDI Hybrid will beat the ulgy Prius 40-45mpg by more than just a slim margin.
Diesel Engines are usually $2k-$3k more expensive than their gas burning cousins. Thanks to record fuel prices the savings will add up to that amount in a year or two, making this concept feasible.
It is one of the most exciting and promising new concepts. I just hope that VW will have the guts to go to production and to bring the car to the US.
EDIT: From my search logs i can see that many of us don’t know how to convert between MPG and l/100km ?
Well, a mile is 1.6km and a gallon is 3.78 liters which gives …
378/(1.6*mpg)=l/100km
And for those of you who are still puzzled, here is a table:
| mpg | l/100km |
| 10 | 23.625 |
| 11 | 21.47727 |
| 12 | 19.6875 |
| 13 | 18.17308 |
| 14 | 16.875 |
| 15 | 15.75 |
| 16 | 14.76563 |
| 17 | 13.89706 |
| 18 | 13.125 |
| 19 | 12.43421 |
| 20 | 11.8125 |
| 21 | 11.25 |
| 22 | 10.73864 |
| 23 | 10.27174 |
| 24 | 9.84375 |
| 25 | 9.45 |
| 26 | 9.086538 |
| 27 | 8.75 |
| 28 | 8.4375 |
| 29 | 8.146552 |
| 30 | 7.875 |
| 31 | 7.620968 |
| 32 | 7.382813 |
| 33 | 7.159091 |
| 34 | 6.948529 |
| 35 | 6.75 |
| 36 | 6.5625 |
| 37 | 6.385135 |
| 38 | 6.217105 |
| 39 | 6.057692 |
| 40 | 5.90625 |
| 41 | 5.762195 |
| 42 | 5.625 |
| 43 | 5.494186 |
| 44 | 5.369318 |
| 45 | 5.25 |
| 46 | 5.13587 |
| 47 | 5.026596 |
| 48 | 4.921875 |
| 49 | 4.821429 |
| 50 | 4.725 |
| 51 | 4.632353 |
| 52 | 4.543269 |
| 53 | 4.457547 |
| 54 | 4.375 |
| 55 | 4.295455 |
| 56 | 4.21875 |
| 57 | 4.144737 |
| 58 | 4.073276 |
| 59 | 4.004237 |
| 60 | 3.9375 |
| 61 | 3.872951 |
| 62 | 3.810484 |
| 63 | 3.75 |
| 64 | 3.691406 |
| 65 | 3.634615 |
| 66 | 3.579545 |
| 67 | 3.526119 |
| 68 | 3.474265 |
| 69 | 3.423913 |
