Premium Gasoline is a Costly Misconception
Many people have a misconception that premium gasoline is better than regular gasoline. But that’s only a costly misconception.
The effectiveness of gasoline is judged on the octane ratings, defined as a measure of its knocking resistance. This rating checks the condition when fuel is burnt uncontrollably in the combustion chamber of the car engine. Knocking leads to engine damage.
Regular gasoline has an octane rating of about 87 whereas premium gasoline has a rating of 93. The higher the octane rating, the more resistance fuel provides. Using premium oil does not do any good in terms of performance or effectiveness. It’s only the price that misguides the car owners.
Most of the Indian car engines operate well on regular gas and even engines recommended to use premium engines can run fine on regular gas.
So, where does the need of premium gas come? No one would like to increase expenditure of fuel during this era of fuel prices hike and inflation.
There are some engines that require high compression ratio and can work only with premium gas.
Labels: Fuel economy, Fuel-efficient-Car, Fuel-Prices
Super Mileage Car Ready to Beat Inflation
Garuda, a super mileage car, is finally ready to be launched!
The launch of this super mileage, fuel-efficient car in this era of rising fuel prices and high interest rates is a big revolution in the Indian car industry. The launch of this car is also credited to the various issues including oil crisis, environmental pollution and aggressive search of alternative fuel sources.
The new
electric car is manufactured by students of Mechanical Department of RV College of Engineering in Bangalore and is expected to be unveiled in August, 2008 at the college campus.
This super
fuel efficient car is designed and manufactured with latest cutting edge technology. This will be the first Indian car that is completely ready to participate in the "SAE Supermileage International Competition" in USA and "Shell Eco-Marathon" in the UK.
Will the proposed launch of Garuda threaten the only electric car Reva Maini in India? Reason being that both the cars have a common start, from the Indian IT hub, Bangalore.
Labels: Electric-Cars, Fuel-efficient-Car, Indian-car-industry
