Let’s Torque ICE and EV Physics
As technology improves with each passing year, the inside mechanicals of an internal combustion engine (ICE) have become more refined, stronger, lighter, and more efficient at harnessing power from the combustion process and feeding it out to the wheels. Adding Hybrid technology to the ICE has also enabled car manufacturers to make greater gains in power and efficiency. Hybrid engines are designed to try and use electric power from the electric motor(s) instead of fossil fuel power from the ICE for as much of the commute as possible. When required, the ICE takes over the power delivery when electric power has been drained, or electric and ICE can work together for enhanced power on acceleration. Purely electric vehicles (EVs) don’t have combustion energy but can still produce phenomenal levels of power and torque.
Fuel Miser Comparison (2010/2022) Smart-VW
I thought I’d look at a list of cars that featured in an article written back in 2010, where I compared some of the thriftiest cars at that time. These were cars which had been designed to function as some of the world’s best fuel sippers. These vehicles were sold new in Australia, but I thought I’d add a new twist this time by adding what we can consider as the brand new version of these old models with their statistics for fuel consumption as a comparison – you know, a bit of nostalgia along with the new, and what’s changed – or not.
Fuel Miser Comparison (2010/2022) Ford-Peugeot
I thought I’d look at a list of cars that featured in an article written back in 2010, where I compared some of the thriftiest cars at that time. These were cars which had been designed to function as some of the world’s best fuel sippers. These vehicles were sold new in Australia, but I thought I’d add a new twist this time by adding what we can consider as the brand new version of these old models with their statistics for fuel consumption as a comparison – you know, a bit of nostalgia along with the new, and what’s changed – or not.
Fuel Miser Comparison (2010/2022) Audi-Fiat
One of the easiest ways to counter any rises in the fuel prices is to look at downsizing to a more economical car. If this sounds something you’d be into, then you certainly won’t be the first person to do so. We’ve just purchased a smaller Honda Jazz as a run around. Just think back to the fuel crisis in the seventies.
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