popularmechanics.com — To find innovative new solutions to the world's toughest technical challenges, we called some of America's smartest engineers and scientists for their quick fixes and long-term plans. Here, we look at 8 solutions that could make way for tomorrow's smarter vehicles—the cars we drive and the highways that support them ...........
Jun 22, 2009 View in Crawl 4
sekramerJun 22, 2009
gallons per 100 mile makes so much sense--even if car companies don't start using the figure, car mags and blogs should list that stat every time.
rollingstone21Jun 23, 2009
I can think of a few cooler things to project onto a windscreen..
asgardshillJun 23, 2009
Slight threadline fail here - to "make way" for something implies that the idea would move out of the way of or not interfere with the implied goal of constructing "tomorrow's smarter vehicles". Saying "Pave The Way" instead would have been much more concise.
barney74Jun 23, 2009
I have a problem with changing the mileage standard. When you get the mpg and you know the capacity of your fuel tank, then you can do quick calculation to figure the distance you can approixmately travel before needing to refuel. is it easier to figure 28mpg and an 18 gallon tank or 2.8 gp100m with an 18 gallon tank. Also say you don't have a nifty on board to give you the mileage you made on a tank (and yes some cars and trucks still don't). You would have to figure it out by hand. I put in 14.4 gallons and went 332 miles. 332/14.4~23.1 mpg : (14.4*100)/332~4.3 gp100mFor the metric users please sub in the appropriate items.