If anyone tried to introduce an idea that worked he would be have a tough time getting people to use it.
Just one of the problems to introduce somthing new (doesn't mater what it is) majority of people are afraid for change
When you search the web you will find many times more pages on hi performance then economy.
performance is more fun than economy but performance can be easy changed to economy but you take the fun out of driving, it's a personal choice
Then there is GM Ultralite which proved what could be done with carbon fiber.
The body was cranked out by Burt Ratan using existing tech. That was 16 years ago.
now these days we want to protect our self from idiots on the street and the idiot in ourself that can crash into you or you in something
so we need to have that tougher (not the lightest materials) and all other kind of safty gear that ad weight to the car that we don't need on a how many miles out of a galon contest on a closed circuit with a trained driver for not puting the foot down on the pedal
What is my point. It is my opinion that the goal of the energy and auto industry to part us and our money. Advancements will only become available after gas/petro prices have advanced beyond what the advancements would save.
i agree with that but that's how the world works and it's hard to change that (altought it's not imposible to do)
Robert-Jan