2,564.8 miles per gallon

[WildBill]

Oh as an exercise, yeah they're great -- for the reasons you listed and more. I was talking about the technologies.

Still, it's not bad work for a class project for some college students. A company like Ford has thousands of engineers, spends millions and millions of dollars, and takes three years - to change the body style of a car by rounding off some corners, changing the trim, and modifiying the headlights and turn signals.

Besides, this contest was sponsored by Shell. Do you think they want a car that gets 2,564 miles per gallon? Not unless they can charge $2,564.80 per gallon of gas.

[Ameer]

Oh as an exercise, yeah they're great -- for the reasons you listed and more. I was talking about the technologies.

Still, it's not bad work for a class project for some college students. A company like Ford has thousands of engineers, spends millions and millions of dollars, and takes three years - to change the body style of a car by rounding off some corners, changing the trim, and modifiying the headlights and turn signals.

I bet the college students didn't have liberal arts major middle management second guessing the engineers' technical decisions.

Plus they had non-union labor doing the work.

[WildBill]

Oh as an exercise, yeah they're great -- for the reasons you listed and more. I was talking about the technologies.

Still, it's not bad work for a class project for some college students. A company like Ford has thousands of engineers, spends millions and millions of dollars, and takes three years - to change the body style of a car by rounding off some corners, changing the trim, and modifiying the headlights and turn signals.

I bet the college students didn't have liberal arts major middle management second guessing the engineers' technical decisions.

Plus they had non-union labor doing the work.

That's why they were able to finish on-time and in budget. They didn't need weekly PowerPoint presentations to management.