150 mpg SUV

[SHRED]

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With plans for a 250 mpg sedan.

http://www.afstrinity.com/press-release-1-13-08.html


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[Deja Q]

1. Nobody will want it. It accelerates to ONLY 87MPH.

Damn. So much for remaining green while outrunning the cops...

[tsuki]

2. I'll take the sedan. nt

[greenman3610]

3. more here. This may be a breakthrough.

http://www.climateprogress.org/
I will be running a long article Wednesday on the climate implications of plug-ins in general and this car in particular. But you can read all about the car at this exclusive New York Times piece published today and the AFS Trinity website, which has a YouTube video of me driving the car and discussing why it matters:


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/automobiles/13ULTRA.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=hybrid+trinity&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Now one company, AFS Trinity Power of Bellevue, Wash., says there is no need to wait for advanced batteries to be invented — that a successful plug-in hybrid can be assembled from components that are already available. The company, which specializes in energy storage devices, is displaying a running prototype at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which opens Sunday for press previews and runs through Jan. 27.