[extropy-chat] 12000 miles per gallon (equiv) !!

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ETH Zurich's Fuel Cell Vehicle Sets New World Record
28 June 2005

ZURICH, Switzerland, Jun 28, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology -- ETH Zurich has set a new world record for
fuel efficiency. The world record-holding PAC Car operates on a
hydrogen-powered fuel cell. Using the lower heating values of hydrogen
and gasoline as a conversion basis, this world record now stands at
5385 kilometres per litre of gasoline.

The top-ranked world-renowned ETH Zurich set itself the goal to
construct a vehicle that used as little fuel as possible and provided
the highest possible fuel efficiency. PAC Car has an optimized fuel
cell system that produces electrical energy from hydrogen and drives
two high-efficiency electric motors. The only "emission" from PAC Car
is pure water. The car weighs in at less than 30 kilograms. It
achieved the top result at the Shell Eco-marathon on the Michelin
proving grounds at Ladoux, France on June 24 to June 26, 2005. The
vehicle used only 1.02 grams of hydrogen to drive the distance of
20.68 km at an average speed of 30 km/h. This converts to about 5385
kilometres per litre of gasoline, a new world record in minimal fuel
consumption. This means that PAC Car would only use the energy stored
in about eight litres of gasoline to drive around the globe.

Also at <http://www.paccar.ethz.ch/>


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