How far can you get on a single tank of gas? Well now, that depends on such details as how much gas you can fit in your car’s tank, how fuel efficient your automobile happens to be and how much control you have over your bladder if you want to do it all in one drive. Ford seems to think you can eke 1,000 miles out of a single tank of 87-octane with its new 2010 Fusion Hybrid – a figure that seems nearly impossible at first blush.
To meet this rather impressive goal, the aforementioned hybrid sedan would need to average 57 miles per gallon, an attainable figure since Ford’s preliminary testing indicates the Fusion Hybrid can manage up to 70 mpg when driven by a hypermiler like Wayne Gerdes, who will join NASCAR racer Carl Edwards and a few assorted engineers as a driver for the event.
Ford is estimating that it will take 43 hours to get from Mount Vernon, VA to Washington, DC – a trip of about 20 miles as the crow flies. In fact, the crew could just about make it to Miami, Florida, from their starting point in Virginia using that same tank of gas. Obviously, Ford has a meandering route in mind.
Besides attempting to prove how fuel efficient its hybrid happens to be and how the way you drive is nearly as important as what you’re driving, the Blue Oval will also be raising funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
[Source: Ford]
