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Interesting anecdote: Alan Mulally (former ford ceo) greatly increased fuel mileage in SUVs due to his work in the aerospace industry (Boeing). He knew aluminum

Interesting anecdote: Alan Mulally (former ford ceo) greatly increased fuel mileage in SUVs due to his work in the aerospace industry (Boeing). He knew aluminum well and pushed for adoption of aluminum bodies instead of the traditional steel bodies. This shaved something like 600lbs off the weight of the trucks and contributed to significant MPG increases. F150s get 26 MPG highway, an almost unheard of efficiency 10 years ago for trucks. As recently as the early 2000s, 4 door passenger vehicles averaged around these efficiency levels. You don't need electric vehicles to cut oil demand. This is just one example of many moves the industry is making.

mellow-lake-day 8y ago
Imagine what kind of optimizations electrical vehicles will get when they become more mature. What Tesla, Bolt, BYD, etc are doing is just the beginning.
anoncoward111 8y ago
Can confirm, my 2003 jaguar xtype got 17 mpg! Awesome engine noise, and not much else. Purchase price is down payment on first repair.
- tonyedgecombe 8y ago
  Purchase price is down payment on first repair. This has always been a problem for Jaguar, I wonder why they have never been able to get a grip on it.
  - anoncoward111 8y ago
    I think they were just very content to not care about it. I imagine they were making money selling replacement parts or upselling new Jaguars every 3 years :\\\\ Personally I thought the shape of the X Type and S type was nasty, but loved the engine. Mine was sold to scrap when the reverse gear blew one day-- don't try to force the shifter into reverse if it won't let you for some reason. The 70s XJS is a really cool body style and anyone with a lot of time, money, and or skill on their hands would be really wise to just knife a crate engine into it somehow and get all the reliability that Jaguar mechanical bits have never delivered, ever :)

mellow-lake-day 8y ago

Imagine what kind of optimizations electrical vehicles will get when they become more mature. What Tesla, Bolt, BYD, etc are doing is just the beginning.

anoncoward111 8y ago

Can confirm, my 2003 jaguar xtype got 17 mpg! Awesome engine noise, and not much else. Purchase price is down payment on first repair.

tonyedgecombe 8y ago
Purchase price is down payment on first repair. This has always been a problem for Jaguar, I wonder why they have never been able to get a grip on it.
- anoncoward111 8y ago
  I think they were just very content to not care about it. I imagine they were making money selling replacement parts or upselling new Jaguars every 3 years :\\\\ Personally I thought the shape of the X Type and S type was nasty, but loved the engine. Mine was sold to scrap when the reverse gear blew one day-- don't try to force the shifter into reverse if it won't let you for some reason. The 70s XJS is a really cool body style and anyone with a lot of time, money, and or skill on their hands would be really wise to just knife a crate engine into it somehow and get all the reliability that Jaguar mechanical bits have never delivered, ever :)