http://www.efficientcar.org Drive more efficiently Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:45:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.efficientcar.org/volkswagen-drives-100-km-with-1-litre-thats-285-mpg/ http://www.efficientcar.org/volkswagen-drives-100-km-with-1-litre-thats-285-mpg/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:21:57 +0000 admin http://www.efficientcar.org/?p=15 Volkswagen revealed the world’s most economical road car, with an average fuel consumption of just 0.99 litres per 100 kilometres. The so called 1-litre car looks more like a sports car than a typical efficiency optimized vehicle. It is 3.47 metres long, 1.25 metres wide and just over a metre in height. To save weight, it is made of carbon composites and is not even painted.

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