Direct injection becoming commonplace has done a lot too, espegially with piezoelectric injectors that can do multiple injection events per combustion cycle for diesel. Modern transmissions have more speeds, quicker shifts and less efficiency loss with fewer moving parts.
Hybrid in comparison doesn’t do much for mpg unless it’s plugin hybrid which of course can be a true game changer.
Resistive heaters aren’t particularly fancy or expensive tech, but that’s irrelevant, 90s cars also heat up fast (since the engine thermal efficiency is usually worse), I’m more interested in the UTV comparison here since you literally can’t drive without heat here half the year.
Agreed on the transit. But is there any real need for new car manufacturers? It’s very expensive to get started with a new one.
There’s exactly one thing America needs to get smaller and cheaper cars. Proper taxation on fuel. Right now there’s no incentive to sell cheap small cars if everyone wants a brodozer and crossovers are seen as tiny.
Direct injection becoming commonplace has done a lot too, espegially with piezoelectric injectors that can do multiple injection events per combustion cycle for diesel. Modern transmissions have more speeds, quicker shifts and less efficiency loss with fewer moving parts.
Hybrid in comparison doesn’t do much for mpg unless it’s plugin hybrid which of course can be a true game changer.
Resistive heaters aren’t particularly fancy or expensive tech, but that’s irrelevant, 90s cars also heat up fast (since the engine thermal efficiency is usually worse), I’m more interested in the UTV comparison here since you literally can’t drive without heat here half the year.
Agreed on the transit. But is there any real need for new car manufacturers? It’s very expensive to get started with a new one.
There’s exactly one thing America needs to get smaller and cheaper cars. Proper taxation on fuel. Right now there’s no incentive to sell cheap small cars if everyone wants a brodozer and crossovers are seen as tiny.