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It is a global effort, and not one limited to the US. Besides, the biggest improvements in ICE fuel economy and power are from Japan, not Europe. Europe hitched
by AmVess 6y ago
It is a global effort, and not one limited to the US. Besides, the biggest improvements in ICE fuel economy and power are from Japan, not Europe. Europe hitched its wagon to the diesel engine, and we all know how that turned out.
Sure, turbochargers and hybrid tech aren't new in an of themselves, but that doesn't matter because there's still a lot of room for development left in them.
Even just 5 years ago, the idea of getting a roomy, nicely configured sedan that gets 55MPG city was a silly notion. Now, Honda sells them all day for $24k USD.
- NullPrefix 6y ago>Even just 5 years ago, the idea of getting a roomy, nicely configured sedan that gets 55MPG city was a silly notion VW diesels from the 90s were doing 5 or 6 l/100km
- londons_explore 6y ago~= 50 MPG
- AmVess 6y agoThose were neither roomy nor nicely configured.
- rsynnott 6y ago> Europe hitched its wagon to the diesel engine, and we all know how that turned out. I think this is somewhat exaggerated; it never really went above half the new car market, and is obviously down a lot now.