Gasoline direct injection, etc., makes electric cars irrelevant

Re:Gasoline direct injection, etc., makes electric cars irre... by gravitycop on Friday January 30, 2009 @01:11PM (#458422)

I have seen reports that engines in Europe have had very similar technology for a long time. Certainly I get over 40mpg in my petrol car

http://www.google.com/search?q=imperial+gallons+to+us+gallon...

1 Imperial gallon = 1.20095042 US gallons

http://www.google.com/search?q=40+us+gallons+to+imperial+gal...

40 US gallons = 33.3069536 Imperial gallons

If you haven't corrected, you are achieving over 33.3 miles per U.S. gallon when driving your high-smog-pollution (i.e. European liberal smog-emission standard, which allows ceteris paribus for higher fuel economy) gasoline-powered car. [EDIT] If you have corrected, your results are still not comparable, since they were achieve in a high-smog, and therefore illegal for the U.S. market, car.

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Re:Gasoline direct injection, etc., makes electric cars irre... by RiderOfGiraffes on Friday January 30, 2009 @01:16PM (#458432)

Sorry for not specifying, but I've already corrected for that. I don't deny that the diesel car probably wouldn't meet the emission standards in the USA (which bit? Hmm) but that's not my point.

And I don't really care. I wish I hadn't bothered to comment. What happens to your replies if I delete my submissions/comments?

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Re:Gasoline direct injection, etc., makes electric cars irre... by gravitycop on Friday January 30, 2009 @01:29PM (#458449)

I don't deny that the diesel car probably wouldn't meet the emission standards in the USA

Both the diesel and gasoline (petrol) cars, if made for the European market, do not meet U.S. smog-emission standards and therefore are not directly comparable in terms of fuel-economy.

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Re:Gasoline direct injection, etc., makes electric cars irre... by RiderOfGiraffes on Friday January 30, 2009 @01:40PM (#458464)

Somehow this has turned into a Europe vs USA "discussion". That was not my intention. I have no particular axe to grind, being neither European, not American.

Further, it seems clear that the point I was trying to make is not going to be heard, and other points - no doubt valid, but nonetheless tangential - are going to dominate. Perhaps it's wrong, perhaps no one wants to hear it.

Perhaps I just can't express myself clearly enough.

So I'm simply going to walk away from this thread. You have made many valid points which I will remember. Thank you.

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