BYU students built a “supermileage” vehicle that can log enough miles on one gallon of fuel to get from Salt Lake City to New York.
Their months of hard work culminated at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where they won the Shell Eco-marathon challenge last month for the third time in four years. Based on calculations done during the competition, the aerodynamic vehicle could cover an astounding 2,145 miles on that single gallon.
BYU beat the second place team by 122 mpg and the third place team by almost 900 mpg.
How did they do it?
So, what did BYU’s supermileage club do to set itself so far ahead of the competition? And with today’s gas prices, why aren’t we producing cars like this for everyone?…