The Pico is an ultra cheap and fuel-efficient car that is smaller and cheaper than the Tata Nano. The small car is designed and engineered by the creative team of engineering students from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore.
These students were inspired to build a car to provide better fuel efficiency and reduce congestion. With the production of Pico they have proved their mettle. It is a four-wheeled, open air car with a tiny engine that can comfortably accommodate two people and easily maneuver through traffic.
With the introduction of the new small car, Nano has lost its label of being ‘the world’s smallest and cheapest car’. The engineers of the Pico claim that the car offers double the mileage than the Nano. Moreover, its compact dimension offers a comfortable and pleasurable ride on congested Indian roads.
Pico is soon to enter mass production and will roll out with a price tag of Rs 40,000 inclusive of road taxes, insurance, and other clearances. That makes the cost of the car one-fourth of the Nano. With this Tata Nano can no more be tagged as the ‘world’s cheapest car’.
Double the mileage and one fourth of the price tag makes the Pico win the race with Nano. Nano will definitely face a tough competition when the car is commercially launched.
Labels: Fuel-efficient-Car, Pico, Small-Car, Tata-Nano, Ultra-cheap-Car
Volkswagen is ready to reveal its green and fuel efficient Polo BlueMotion concept at the Geneva Motor Show 2009. The car is expected to make its debut in the U.S. market by 2010.
Excitingly, the Polo concept is going to enthrall the audiences with its outstanding appeal, green character, and unmatched performance. The presence of the car will compliment this year’s ‘green’ theme of the Geneva Motor Show.
The car is powered by a new three-cylinder direct-injection 1.2-liter TDI engine that produces 74 bhp and emits 87 g/km of CO2. The small size of the engine ensures fuel consumption of just 3.3L/100km making the car one of the most economical models in the world. Besides keeping minimum engine size, the company has also equipped the car with latest fuel saving technologies. It also features an advanced engine start/stop system and a regenerative braking system which help to reduce alternator related engine loads.
The company has stressed on every minor detail to make it fuel efficient like 10mm reduction in ride height, a modified front end, an aerodynamically optimized underbody, aerodynamic exterior, and 15-inch alloy wheels. Looks like the car is going to break all records in term of mileage and emission and these two characteristics will prop the car to flourish in the market when it will actually witness the commercial launch.
Labels: Concept-Car, Fuel-efficient-Car, Volkswagen-cars
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
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
