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It looks like American automakers are finally getting the message – consumers want more fuel efficient cars and Congress is about to start rapping knuckles if Detroit doesn’t offer more options.
Ford has found a way to drastically improve fuel efficiency despite all the dire warnings they gave about the costs of development. How did they pull this one off? Was there a huge technology breakthrough? Did someone stumble onto a magic lamp?
Nope. It looks like Ford “discovered” how to save 15-20% of fuel consumption by adopting pretty obvious ideas. Make cars lighter. Use more efficient electronics. Slip decaf to a few of the performance focused engineers.
The core of their fuel efficiency plan is a new generation of EcoBoost engines. To meet fleetwide Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, Ford plans to replace a bunch of V-8 engines with V-6s. But… what will I drive when I want to go mudding?
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