CAFE does not equal EPA window sticker. Even the Obama admin doesn’t seem to understand CAFE.
“For example, the 2012 Honda Fit with a footprint of 40 sq ft (3.7 m2) must achieve fuel economy (as measured for CAFE) of 36 miles per US gallon (6.5 l/100 km), equivalent to a published fuel economy of 27 miles per US gallon (8.7 l/100 km), while a Ford F-150 with its footprint of 65–75 sq ft (6.0–7.0 m2) must achieve CAFE fuel economy of 22 miles per US gallon (11 l/100 km), i.e., 17 miles per US gallon (14 l/100 km) published.”
In 2025 an F-150 would be required to meet 23mpg EPA window sticker, something the 3.7L V-6 F-150 is already very close to.
That can carry an amazing payload of . . . . the pickup bed.
Smokey Yunik did it in the 70's and 80's.
A gentleman came to me to inquire about adding fuel injection to his manually fed four cylinder engine that has been modified to a whole new way of thinking that can get in theory well beyond that number. We will be applying the EFI very soon so it can be released to the public and marketed to manufacturers interested in building super fuel efficient cars with a great deal of power available. Up to 400hp.
I was skeptical at first, but after seeing what was done to it and studying the logic behind it, I went all in to help this guy move it forward. Will be adding data logging to the ECU system we have specified so all dyno testing can be logged to verify its performance. There is nothing exotic about it at all and that is the beauty in that the manufacturers can be in production of this concept very easily.