L.A. Times Pulitzer Prize-winning (for auto reviews!) columnist Dan Neil is at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
European carmakers rev up the electro-diesel concept
"The [Volkswagen] L1's marquee number: 170 mpg, or about four times that of a Honda Insight hybrid. If it comes to market as planned in 2013, the VW L1 could claim the title of most fuel efficient passenger car on the road.
"It would also be one of the cleanest. On a carbon-gram-per-mile basis -- that's the emissions metric that Europeans are most concerned with -- electro-diesels can outperform the thriftiest gas hybrids on the planet."
Volkswagen L1
European carmakers rev up the electro-diesel concept
"The [Volkswagen] L1's marquee number: 170 mpg, or about four times that of a Honda Insight hybrid. If it comes to market as planned in 2013, the VW L1 could claim the title of most fuel efficient passenger car on the road.
"It would also be one of the cleanest. On a carbon-gram-per-mile basis -- that's the emissions metric that Europeans are most concerned with -- electro-diesels can outperform the thriftiest gas hybrids on the planet."
Volkswagen L1