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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by osrec on Saturday November 17, 2018 @01:56AM (#18474356)
Even my newish bottom-of-the-range Mercedes e-class will do close to 60 mpg on the motorway. Compare that to the previous model from 3 years ago, which was giving around 50mpg, and from 10 years ago, giving under 40mpg.

The newer models feel lighter and more nimble. Almost as if they've got rid of a significant chunk of their unneeded, inefficient components from under the hood and replaced them with something radically different.

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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by GoToRO on Saturday November 17, 2018 @04:33AM (#18474765)
They replace everything they can with plastic.
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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by Tempest1981 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @05:17AM (#18474859)
And aluminum, instead of steel, for hoods and body panels. Even rugged pickup trucks are shedding weight.
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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by DenisM on Sunday November 18, 2018 @01:23PM (#18481720)
F150 lost 700lb in transition to aluminum structure.
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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by usrusr on Saturday November 17, 2018 @07:02AM (#18475176)
How much of that do you see at the pump and how much is just manufacturers gaming the reference tests even harder than before?
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Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling by osrec on Saturday November 17, 2018 @07:31AM (#18475293)
The money I'm saving is real, so I feel confident that those numbers aren't too far off the truth.
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