The Power We Need for Transportation When There Is No Fuel at the Pumps and No Power in the Grid

Reader Contribution by Staff

Lets take a look at the winner of the last Vetter Fuel Economy Contest:

Matsu Matsuzawa… what an inspiration he was!  After six years of contests, we learned that it takes about 3.3 (round up to 3.5) horsepower to push a person down the road in real highway conditions at posted speeds.   Remember, the national speed limit was 55 mph. In the contests, I allotted 3 hours to go the 136 miles route.

No other machine has gone so far so fast while consuming so little fuel.

Matsu Matsuzawa used about 1/3rd of a gallon of gas.  Please take a moment to read about the winners:

http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/470MPG/1985%20FER-Open-class.html

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