Engineers modify hybrid cars to get 250 mpg
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Engineers modify hybrid cars to get 250 mpg
Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away. Ron Gremban says such a car is parked in his garage.
It looks like a typical Toyota Prius hybrid, but in the trunk sits an 80-miles-per-gallon secret — a stack of 18 brick-sized batteries that boosts the car's high mileage with an extra electrical charge so it can burn even less fuel.
It looks like a typical Toyota Prius hybrid, but in the trunk sits an 80-miles-per-gallon secret — a stack of 18 brick-sized batteries that boosts the car's high mileage with an extra electrical charge so it can burn even less fuel.
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High school kids develop 50mpg hybrid sports car
”The Attack” is a hybrid sports car developed by a West Philadelphia High School Electric Vehicle Team. This hybrid has over 300HP with an electric motor powering the front wheels and a 1.9L VW TDi biodiesel powering the rears. The batteries powering the electric motor act as capacitors able to discharge a lot of energy in short bursts, enough for 0-60 runs in the sub 4-second range. Under normal driving conditions the car is powered by the biodiesel engine and achieves 50mpg.
http://hybrids.autoblog.com/
http://evteam.gambitdesign.com/gallery/attack_build
http://hybrids.autoblog.com/
http://evteam.gambitdesign.com/gallery/attack_build
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