charleswrivers
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Yep... I’m familiar with many of the technologies... and mentioned gasoline has a great deal of energy density. I still think we’ll see gasoline engines decline in use during the second half of the century. Part of what will need to happen is that our electrical infrastructure will need to evolve... and that’s one piece California has failed in accomplishing while maintaining reliability of the grid. If we punt gasoline engines for electric cars charged largely by coal and natural gas... we, in the end, did essentially nothing on the environmental front.There are a LOT of Gasoline Engine Advancements that make them a LOT more efficient, but they don't get the headlines.
There are also many Gasoline Technologies that are waiting to be ramped up into mainstream new Gasoline vehicles.
My Civic Si's EPA rating is 28 MPG City, 38 MPG Highway.
I usually get over 40 MPG average on the highway on a full tank of gas.
I have also recently gotten 51 MPG average in the first 135 miles driven after filling up.
See: https://www.civicx.com/forum/threads/civic-si-51-mpg-average-on-highway.55574.
It is also known that Liquid Fuels like Gasoline & Diesel have a LOT more energy density than other types of fuel sources for EVs.
They have just started to use Gasoline/Diesel more efficiently & take advantage of the higher energy density.
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