The average new car isn’t much more fuel-efficient than older ones. Still, to this day, the average vehicle has a range of between 20 and 30 miles per gallon, a stat which was very similar in the 1920s. How come with all the advances we’ve made in the last century is fuel efficiency the same?
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Like alot of people have said increases in weight, power, and other conveniences impaire it.
The biggest difference is your comparing a very small engine (I’ve seen 2 and even single piston drives in cars before 1930) that put out the power of my chainsaw.
With modern equipment I’m sure you could push 50mpg with em but your in a car that weighs in at 600lbs and top speeds of 15mpg. And your going to have no electronics, sheet steel/aluminum body, probably a lawn chair seat. Not worth it and the DOT will not let you sell em becuse its just not safe.
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