Posted on 11 June 2008 by Luke Hallam
Well, after using quite a few tank fulls of fuel on the commute to and from work I’m a bit disappointed. I’m consistently getting 320km from 19L of fuel. By my calculations that is 5.9L/100km. I said at the beginning of this that I was getting anywhere between 5.7 and 6.0L/100km. Either my original calculations were optimistic or I’m getting no advantage from the Fuelsaver.
Filed under: Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Motorcycles, Rants, Uncategorized | Tagged: BMW, Fuelsaver, Moletech, MTECH, R1150GS | 6 Comments »
Posted on 10 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The Cleanest Ship Project is proving that the application of higher specification fuel and exhaust treatment solutions can drastically reduce shipping emissions. While this sounds like common sense the Cleanest Ship Project is the first time I’ve heard of it being put into practice.
Filed under: Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Marine, Projects, Technology | Tagged: BP, Creating Inland Shipping, Techno Fysica, The Cleanest Ship | No Comments »
Posted on 8 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The fuel/air mixture in the new engine is ignited by a spark plug during starting and full load operation. At low and medium speeds, however, the gasoline engine morphs into a self-igniting unit operating on the diesel principle.
Filed under: Cars, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Technology | Tagged: Mercedes Benz, Daimler, DIESOTTO | No Comments »
Posted on 3 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The Commonwealth Government has released a new fuel consumption and emissions label for all new light vehicles sold in Australia. The two main purposes of the label are to display the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the vehicle and show the amount of fuel consumed in city and highway conditions.
Filed under: Cars, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: ADR81/02, Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles | No Comments »
Posted on 3 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Zero Pollution Motors in the United States are saying they will be taking orders for the MDI Air Car in early 2008 for delivery in 2010.
Filed under: Air, Cars, Fuel economy | Tagged: MDI, Zero Pollution Motors, ZPM | 8 Comments »
Posted on 2 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
German company Loremo AG is developing a pair of light weight aerodynamic cars powered by small turbo-diesel engines. The Loremo LS and Loremo GT both weigh less than 600kg and offer fuel economy of 2L/100km and 3L/100km respectively. The cars are due to go into production in 2009.
Filed under: Cars, Electricity, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: E-Loremo, Loremo AG, Loremo GT, Loremo LS | No Comments »
Posted on 1 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
After four weeks of no riding I’ve finally been able to start commuting on the GS again. I was pleasantly surprised by seeing 338km on the clock when I filled up yesterday. However, the tank was very empty and the average consumption over that 338km was 6.2L/100km. As expected this is worse than my normal commuting consumption but not as bad as I expected after some enthusiastic weekend riding.
Filed under: Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Motorcycles, Rants | Tagged: BMW, Fuelsaver, Moletech, MTECH, R1150GS | 6 Comments »
Posted on 13 February 2008 by Luke Hallam
On a 4,400 kilometre drive across the United States the smart fortwo and the Mercedes E 320 have demonstrated their impressive fuel efficiency. The smart fortwo microhybrid drive recorded an average consumption of 4.8 L/100km. The two smart fortwo common rail diesels averaged 3.9 L/100km, and E 320 BLUETEC diesel consumed an average of just 5.8 L/100km.
Filed under: Cars, Fuel economy | Tagged: Bluetec, fortwo, Mercedes, microhybrid drive, Route 66, Smart | No Comments »
Posted on 30 January 2008 by Luke Hallam
If any of you are waiting for results from this week I’m afraid I have to disappoint you. Fuelsaver testing will resume some time around the middle of February.
Filed under: Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Motorcycles, Rants | Tagged: BMW, Fuelsaver, Moletech, MTECH, R1150GS | 6 Comments »
Posted on 25 January 2008 by Luke Hallam
The results are in for the first week. The GS used 19.17L to cover 328km. By my calculations that is 5.85L/100km, which is right in the middle of the consumption figures I listed in Part 1.
Filed under: Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Motorcycles, Rants | Tagged: BMW, Fuelsaver, Moletech, MTECH, R1150GS | 6 Comments »
