There have been reports for some years about the Volkswagen 1-litre car, so called because it would travel 100 kilometers on one litre of fuel. That is the equivalent of 235 miles per gallon. Earlier reports were that the car would be marketed by now.
Now Volkswagen indicates that the car will be produced "within the next few years." The car will be called the XL1. However, rather than being a 1 L car it will be a 0.9 L car, achieving 261 miles per gallon. The improvement is the result of adding an electric motor that will make the car a plug-in hybrid.
This is just further indication of reality that technological improvements can materially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, if the entire automobile fleet could obtain this fuel efficiency by 2050, greenhouse gas emissions from cars would be reduced more than 80 percent, despite substantial increases in driving. This development may mean that petroleum itself could emerge as a "green fuel."
Moreover, this advance is consistent with finding by McKinsey & Company and the Conference Board, in a report sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Shell, National Grid, DTE Energy and Honeywell that "....no change in thermostat settings or appliance use, no downsizing of vehicles, home or commercial space and traveling the same mileage” and no “shift to denser urban housing" would be necessary to achieve substantial greenhouse gas emission reductions in the United States.
Volkswagen L1 (2009) photo by RudolfSimon
Email this Blog entry
This is really interesting
This is really interesting and fantastic to read and i must appreciate you for sharing this post with all of us.
lawn care services
Management
The great thing is that there are qualified experts who can help through the control system of financial obligations thus providing programs which have the prospective of assisting you cope with and obvious the financial obligations that you could be having.ilm qualification
Everyone is looking for a
Everyone is looking for a cheaper way to drive their vehicles. Most car manufacturers are integrating the hybrid and electric technology on their vehicle lines. I guess this will be a viable solution in the long run.
dodge ram towing mirror
. Most car manufacturers are
. Most car manufacturers are integrating the hybrid and electric technology on their vehicle lines.
spss analysis help
VW is stepping further on
VW is stepping further on making cars non-reliable to petrol! Every car that is being develop today have DNA's of hybrid of electric, nonetheless gasoline powered vehicles are now on the verge of extinction since more and more automobile manufacturers are keeping up with the new car demands. Volkswagen Parts have been made more eco-friendly and greener as it would no longer run on high octane fuels.
Bus signs
It is really strange for me that a car will give an average of 100 kmpl. That is pretty interesting. I am eagerly waiting for that car.
Bus signs
green fuel
Travelling 100 kilometers in one litre fuel is really cool. I'll read some car blogs to know more about it's features.
I wanted to thank you for
I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.Used Cars For Sale
Management types never have confidence in engineers
If you propose a challenge to engineers and give them the freedom to think outside the box, a lot more is possible than appears. However once the idea is formed the dread business case comes in and kills it off. The management types can't think outside the box after all they built it and crawled inside and nailed it shut. Refrigerators are a good example here. Perhaps the solution is to do what DARPA does in more areas, offer prizes to the person who develops a commercially practical implementation of whatever is being looked at. Let the engineers have more scope to innovate, without the management roping them in.
Use of significant prizes rather than regulations, including extensive publicity of the winners will push the technology without the objections of dictation. (In some cases the financial incentives may need to be adjusted as well i.e. Pigovian Taxes)