No, people need to realize that cars weighing in at 3+ tons with capacity for 5+ passengers to transport a single person to work are not viable. Because the "give us something we can hotswap for oil" attitude is obviously going nowhere.
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I suspect the problem is partly American attitude towards small cars. Japanese, Europeans and South Americans have much more efficient cars for daily commute.
US gallon is 3.78 Liters, UK gallon is 4.54 Liters.
US gallons: 50 MPG = 21.26 km/liter UK gallons: 50 MPG = 17.70 km/liter
50 MPG (UK) is 41.6 MPG (US).
In my Hyundai Accent (Korean) I get 34 - 36 MPG (US) depending on how I drive it. It is not nearly as efficient as a Renault Twingo or my grandma's Toyota Aigo (awesome little car).
It seems the Twingo figure was in UK mpg, so US mpg would be closer to 40 mpg (US).
Same for the Maruti figure, it would actually be 50 to 60 mpg (US).
From what I read, both are still way more efficient than your average American car.
I'd like to get an Accent, but they're close to 30.000 dollars after (humungous) taxes here in Uruguay.