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Originally Posted by Eric5273
I've got a brilliant idea. Why don't they make the cars with better fuel efficiency. Not 2 mpg better, or 5 mpg better, but how about 50. They can do it if they want. Just take a look at areas of technology where they actually spend big money on R&D. Intel can double the speed of their processor every 2 years, my cell phone can last about 50 times as long on its battery than it could 10 years ago (and it's now smaller than it used to be), yet the car companies cannot increase gas milleage of their cars anything significant since 1920.
Finally now you see Toyota taking the lead on this one, and their profits show it. My dad just traded in his Jaguar last month for a new Prius. He gets about 500 miles on a tank, and it costs $20 to fill it up. I hear the next generation Prius will get over 100 mpg. The solution is not to pollute the world more. Just as they can get my cell phone to last 50 times as long on a single charge as it did 10 years ago, they can get a car to go much much further on a tank of gas. They just have to put in the effort.
I don't doubt that if they spend the required money on R&D, we will see 1000 mpg in a normal size car in my lifetime. Or better yet, maybe gasoline won't even be required.
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Remind us all again, in what specific field is your engineering degree?
I'm not necessarily questioning whether or not we can make cars that can achieve those numbers - I'm questioning whether I would want to drive one.
Look at your sainted Prius. Small car (deadly in an accident), enviromentally destructive materials/processes used to make it, and let's not even discuss performance. But if it works for you, knock yourself out. Darwinism at its finest.