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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Complete BS, new cars are way more efficient than old ones, and don’t give me that model T bull, they weighed fuck all and didn’t go fast. Ever drive a mid 70’s sedan with a V8 in it? Or an old pickup? Na, didn’t think so.
This is largely cultural and by design really. Cars have very much gotten more fuel-efficient but cars have also gotten much more luxurious and as a result, heavier. Which in turn negatively impacts fuel efficiency.
I say cultural but you’ll notice this much more with the enormous land boats that Americans favor.
European and Asian cars for instance are usually far more efficient because they’re built to be lighter and more compact. Many contemporary cars can manage double the range per gallon as their predecessors from 20 or 30 years ago for instance.
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