1000 Miles per Gallon Documentary – Worth a watch
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This video is based on Shell Oil Company’s book: “Fuel Economy of the Gasoline Engine” (ISBN 0-470-99132-1); published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1977.
On page 42, Shell Oil quotes the (then) President of General Motors who predicted in 1929 that cars would achieve 80 mpg by 1939.
Pages 221 through 223 have Shell writing of their test circuit achievements, specifically the 49.73 mpg achieved in 1939; the 149.95 mpg achieved in 1949 (using magnetos); 244.35 mpg in 1968 and 376.59 mpg in 1973.conspiracy