Talk:Automotive X Prize

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Currently, the average mileage of American cars is around 20MPG, this is less than the average mileage of the Ford Model T, 25MPG.

According to the CAFE article, the CAFE calculation produces a figure of 24.6 mpg for 2004. However, this does not accurately capture alternative fuel vehicles and larger exempt vehicles, though it is unclear that larger vehicles are included in what is meant by "car". The Ford Model T article says the model T had a fuel efficiency of 13 to 21 mpg. So the claim above appears to be false. It also seems to be advocating higher fuel efficiency through selective statistics, ignoring the larger cargo and passenger capacity of modern cars. It's fine for the X Prize folks to be quoted giving statistics (though they should be fact-checked) but not for Wikipedia to be advocating for them. -- Beland 15:47, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate Team Entry

I'm pretty sure Brilliant Automotive team should not be listed twice. I believe the first entry is correct, as the town of Southfield, Iowa does not exist, as found by a Google maps search. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.206.215.66 (talk) 17:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

There's a health facility named "Southfield Care Center" in Webster City, about 180 miles from Fairfield, IA. Also, the list isn't always alphabetized, as is true for many Wiki lists. What galls me is that Yahoo Maps kept on substituting "Southfields, NY" for "Southfield, IA"!

I alphabetized the list, and added some links. I think that 'internal' links into Wikipedia should take precedence over external links. Josh-Levin@ieee.org (talk) 19:21, 8 June 2008 (UTC)