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>>1295817
Always wondered whether the original "scandal" had any relation to this story.
even 150 mpg sounds like a game-changer to me.
>http://www.plugincars.com/volkswagen-xl1-whole-story-real-world-261-mpg-car-106721.html
Volkswagen announces an incredible 261-mpg figure. So incredible in fact, that I don't believe it. Nobody should believe it. Volkswagen is not at fault, and I'm a big fan of Volkswagen cars, but the official European method of measuring fuel consumption of plug-in hybrids is not good.
Nonetheless, I have no doubt this XL1 would be the most efficient car on the market by a huge margin. Volkswagen will make it real. We should expect it in 2013, still with a carbon-fiber body, but without all the expensive magnesium and titanium parts to make it affordable. I'm expecting the production version to get more than 150-mpg in normal driving with its batteries discharged. Nothing will come close to it.
>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/no-sale/
Is the federal government preventing Volkswagen's XL1 model car from being sold in the U.S. because the vehicle is too fuel-efficient?
ORIGINS: For many years conspiracy rumors have circulated positing that a collusion between Big Oil and the U.S. government has prevented the American public from having the opportunity to purchase fully developed, market-ready automobiles capable of obtaining fuel efficiencies of 200-300 MPG. Such rumors have taken the form of everything from mysterious forces stealing cars equipped with miracle carburetors to keep that technology’s existence a secret, to the federal government’s enacting regulations intended for the sole purpose of keeping high-mileage vehicles out of the U.S. market in order to protect the interests (and profits) of American oil companies.
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