ummm . . this is another PERFECT example of how dumb-downed cattle are treated!
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You won’t find the 300
MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom, in fact it has even been
denied a tour of America because it is too efficient for the American
public to be made widely aware of, and oil profits are too high in
America with the status quo in place. No tour has been allowed for this car
because the myth that 50 mpg is virtually impossible to obtain from
even a stripped down econobox is too profitable to let go of, and when
it comes to corporate oil profits, ignorance is bliss.
Years ago I had calculated that it should be possible to get a small car to exceed 100 mpg by putting parallel direct
to cylinder water injectors side by side with the fuel injectors, and
using the exhaust manifold to preheat the water so it would enter the
cylinders as dry steam, thus providing added expansion (which drives
the engine) while allowing the combustion process to proceed without
reducing it’s efficiency. But I was obviously wrong with my
calculations, because they were in fact over 2x conservative.
The 100 mpg carborator was indeed
a reality, and the Volkswagen XL1 proves it with only straightforward
nothing special technology we have had since the 1970?s.Though the XL1
can be plugged in to deliver a 40 mile all electric drive, it does not
need to be plugged in EVER to achieve 300 mpg. And it does not cheat in
any way to achieve the rating, it weighs over 1,700 pounds, has
normal tires, and delivers a very good driving experience with a
governed top speed of 99 mph. The XL1 could reach a top speed in excess
of 110 mph absent governor and
turns in a 0-60 time of 11.5 seconds which is by no means leisurly for a
car designed for efficiency. The XL1 in no way cheats on performance to
hit it’s rating. It is simply the car we should have always had, and
have had taken from us in the name of oil profits.
Though the XL1 can hit 300 mpg under ideal driving conditions, it’s combined mileage is usually
a little over 200 mpg, and if you do city driving only that will drop
to a minimum of 180 mpg under the worst driving conditions. But I’d be
happy with that no doubt.
What does that kind of fuel economy really mean?
If the XL1 was equipped
with an 18 gallon fuel tank, and you did all highway driving, you could
fill it up with an oil change and when the next change was due you could
change the oil and keep driving without filling up for and additional
2,400 miles. But it comes with a much smaller fuel tank, because if it
could go that long on a single tankchances are
the fuel would foul before it got used. The tank is only 2.6 gallons to
prevent fuel age related problems from happening. So fill ups are
cheap.
Many
of the publications which speak about the XL1 did so when it was a
concept car predicted to get right around 250 MPG. But in 2014, after
extensive testing of cars now produced, test drivers report economy
above 300 mpg under the correct driving conditions, which would be close
to sea level, a flat straight road with no stops, and reasonable
speeds. To get rid of miles/imperial/U.S. gallon confusion, in
the metric system the XL1 is rated to deliver 100 kilometers per litre.
Translated for the U.S., that means approximately 65 miles per quart.
I
remember how I laughed at the Smart Fortwo, because even a full size
4 door Chevy Impala significantly beat the “Smart’s” fuel economy, and
with the Impala you would get a whole car. The Volkswagen XL1 is clearly
the two seater the Smart should have been if it really was what the
name implies, and the XL1 is in contrast, a carI’d be proud to be seen
in.
You will NOT see the Xl1 in America,
Even it’s far less efficient 85 mpg non hyrid full size station wagon counterpart – the Jetta TDI blue motion wagon (Img Carscoops.com), which is made in America is banned from American roads. And I would like to ask why? What excuse is there for banning highly efficient cars from American roads?
One excuse is that “they
don’t meet American crash test standards”, but the real truth is that
the Fed simply refused to ever crash test them because of what they are,
in Europe even the XL1 is considered to be a very safe car in crashes,
and the Jetta station wagon is obviously even safer and you CAN buy the
non TDI versions of the exact same car in America. The only thing
different is the engine, WHAT GIVES?
The answer is obvious. Simply
for the sake of raking in huge profits from $4 a gallon gas, getting
guzzled at 10X the rate it should be, the corporations have via campaign
contributions and other types of pay outs succeeded in getting the FED
to legislate the best cars off the road for irrelevant trumped up reasons.
The
XL1 will not meet American emission standards NOT because it is not
clean enough, it will not meet them simply because inefficient parts
that are mandated by the EPA are not part of the XL1?s power train. We
will never see truly clean running and efficient cars in America,
because the FED has mandated that American cars be intentionally stifled
by horribly fuel wasting parts that add to the cost of the vehicle and
do absolutely NO GOOD, how much more efficient and clean can you get
than 300 mpg? The exhaust from the Xl1 has to, by simple math and the
laws of physics, run at the theoretical threshold of emissions
perfection.
All is not rosy for Europe however
The Xl1
is SO MUCH the car that the oil companies do not want that there will
only be 2,000 made. And no production line was set up for them, they are
all hand made. And irrelevant “lightweight” parts are added to the
frame, consisting of carbon fiber and other exotic materials to add to
the mystique. But the materials and production
limits are a load of BUNK, the car STILL weighs over 1,700 pounds, if it
weighed just 100 pounds more everything exotic could be removed,
because “exotic materials” are not doing much anyway, they are just
marketing.
Cost is not the issue either Even
after being hand made with “exotic” materials in an intentionally
limited edition, the Xl1 still only costs $60,000. There is a lot more
of a market for this car than 2,000 units at that price,
have no doubt, this car is being held back on purpose. If it can be
hand made for that little, automated assembly lines could do it for
half. And if a 1,700 plus pound Xl1 can get 300 mpg, a 3,400 pound Chevy Truck
should be able to deliver at least 150 MPG, the Xl1 lays the mileage
scam bare, with every hybrid that gets 40 mpg and every truck off the line that gets 20, Americans are getting the shaft and they do not even realize it.
I was first infatuated and impressed with the 85mpg Volkswagen TDI Blue Motion wagon and wished I could get one
in America (when I was still there), and then the 300 mpg Xl1 came
along, what a rude awakening and slap in the face for the American car
buyer.
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