New Hybrid Car Gets 300 Miles Per Gallon! watch!
msnbc.msn.com — Thought your Prius was the ultimate gas miser? A new car company, Aptera boasts mileage figures that make the Prius' look like a gas hog. Using a unique gas/electric motor combination along with sleek design and light weight materials, 300 miles per gallon is a reality. Think about it: cross-country on one tank! Availability late 2008.
demicritter- 5 diggs
- digg it
- demicritter, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1Don't know what the highway safety specs look like, but for 300 miles per gallon I'd forgo the freaking air bags.
- IconoclastStill, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1If they let it go on bike paths, it should be safe enough . . . otherwise, they should put some tall and bright whip antenna flags on it so other vehicles won't nudge it . . . certainly looks like a light weight rolling coffin to me; I'd sure not want to take it anywhere the speed limit was over 30 or 35 mph or there were more than two lanes or passing was allowed. A Harley would be safer, if less waterproof.
- CTRaider, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1How viable for those in snowing climates?
I'm guessing it becomes a sled for when it snows.
Browsing Digg on your phone just got easier with our enhancements to the 
© Digg Inc. 2008 —
Content posted by