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Let's legislate that all cars must attain 150 mpg and cost less than $10,000. The EU proposals are approaching that kind of absurdity.
by iso1337 8y ago
Let's legislate that all cars must attain 150 mpg and cost less than $10,000. The EU proposals are approaching that kind of absurdity.
- gmueckl 8y agoThe Renault Twizy falls into that category. You need to find a better absurd example in the future ;).
- ttoinou 8y agoIt's an electric car, so no oil consumption (parent talks bout mpg)
- IshKebab 8y agoThere is an mpg equivalent for electric cars based on the idea that 1 US gallon of petrol is 33.7 kWh.
- ttoinou 8y agoCool, didn't know that, thanks
- marcosdumay 8y agoThat's 70% of the entire energy contents of the gasoline. You don't get anywhere near that kind of efficiency even on large electrical generators. 16.2 kWh is way more realistic.
- iso1337 8y agoAh good to know :)
- scarejunba 8y agoLet's just use the standard HN response here: your business model is not my problem. If you can't make that car, maybe cars shouldn't be permitted to exist.
- kodablah 8y agoAlso: That all the cars are expensive and do X to limit MPG are because of lazy manufacturers, nothing in the law says they have to do it that way.