'Extreme Hybrid' Car gets 250 mpg

From the current ASM International eNewsletter

'Extreme Hybrid' Car gets 250 mpg

AFS Trinity Power Corporation has filed its patent application disclosing the company's new technology for an Extreme Hybrid car capable of carrying the average American motorist more than 250 miles on a single gallon of gasoline or ethanol. The Extreme Hybrid will plug into a house's electrical current overnight to run without gasoline or ethanol for the 40 miles that the average American drives each day. For longer trips, the vehicle will operate as a conventional hybrid that efficiently burns gasoline or ethanol. The AFS Trinity patent filing discloses that Fast Energy Storage technology, including ultracapacitors, controllers and power electronics, will enable the Extreme Hybrid™ to overcome the limitations of the energy storage components of conventional hybrids and other plug-in designs.

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