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150 MPG Extreme Hybrid SUV Starts Cross Country Earth Day Tour
The 150 MPG Extreme Hybrid SUV, the XH-150 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle introduced in January by AFS Trinity Power Corporation, starts a cross country tour here to give Americans their first on-road look at what CNN and others suggested may be “the car of the future” as the XH-150 works its way to Earth Day on the Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 20, 2008.

Halfway through the cross country trip, the XH-150 will be demonstrated on April 11 for Austin Energy, a large municipal utility, as well as for the leadership of Plug-in Partners, an Austin-headquartered consortium of electric utilities and others supporting the development and introduction of new plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) technologies.

AFS Trinity intends to make the XH-150, which was developed in cooperation with technology development partner, Ricardo, available for ride-and-drive demonstrations in several communities from coast to coast.

According to tests recently conducted at the Michelin Proving Grounds in South Carolina, proprietary new power and control electronics and other advances allow the Extreme Hybrid to plug into house current and store sufficient power to run a 200 horsepower electric motor that propels the XH-150 for up to 40 miles in EV-only mode and at speeds up to 87 miles per hour without burning a drop of gasoline. Run in full hybrid mode the combined electric and gasoline power systems provide 370 HP, allowing 0-60 acceleration in 6.9 seconds.

Road test data, schematics of the drive train and extensive technical detail are available at www.afstrinity.com.

AFS Trinity CEO Edward W. Furia said the company is now in discussions with carmakers regarding licensing of the technology and with investment bankers regarding possible direct manufacturing. He said he expects the first Extreme Hybrid SUV drive trains to be available for purchase in two to three years.

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150 MPG Extreme Hybrid SUV Starts Cross Country Earth Day Tour



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budfrogS4budfrogS4 - 4/10/2008 11:13:21 AMView My AgentSpace
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With this new wave of plug in vehicles we need some sort of way to measure their efficiency other than mpg. Of course if you steal electricity off of an already over-taxed grid you're going to get astronomical mpg numbers. Heck, just keep on adding batteries to the trunk and you'll get 1000 mpg. Until we can find a way to get sustainable electric generation, plug in hybrids is not a good way to go.

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SpectatorSpectator - 4/10/2008 1:33:43 PM
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Very well said. +1

I would even go as far to say that the terminology of 'Plug-in-hybrid' should be changed so as not to confuse this car with a standard Hybird.

This for all intents and purposes, is an electric car. Period. All your everyday driving will be electric. Even your driving outside of normal everyday driving, will be electric. The only reason the car even has a gasoline engine is the same reason you see Jerry cans on the backs of Landrovers and Jeeps.

So while the hybird only fan club will be saying "ooooh look see I told you they were building a 100+ mpg hybrid" in reality they should be saying...

"Why does my electric car only get 40 miles per charge?"


HantraHantra - 4/10/2008 4:35:24 PMView My AgentSpace
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<"Why does my electric car only get 40 miles per charge?">

B/C it's an SUV with 3500 pounds of lead acid to tote around. ;-)


HantraHantra - 4/10/2008 12:04:40 PMView My AgentSpace
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Let me make sure I understand this. . .

A company makes a hybrid SUV that gets 150mpg and is going to save the earth.

So to celebrate, they are driving a BIGASS TRACTOR TRAILER all over the country getting 4mpg?

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bigredcaddybigredcaddy - 4/10/2008 1:28:41 PM
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LOL yup, you got it


DieselRulesDieselRules - 4/12/2008 11:43:18 AM
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Because if they drove the hybrid from city-to-city it would get 30 MPG, shattering their Marketing BS figures.


theoptimisticpessimisttheoptimisticpessimist - 4/10/2008 2:34:29 PM
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Ditto to all the above comments

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BigShow50BigShow50 - 4/11/2008 9:26:42 AM
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I agree, not the way to promote it. They really should drive the car to show it's level of reliability, rather than hauling ass with a rig. GM's "tits on a boar" marketing dept. must have given this idea...

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t_bonet_bone - 4/11/2008 9:28:40 AM
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Any type of hybrid or electric SUV is an oxymoron. The 370 horsepower yielding 0-60 in a pathetic 6.9 seconds should be an indication of this.

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DieselRulesDieselRules - 4/12/2008 11:46:28 AM
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Everyone realizes this is not a saviour, but a way for electric utilities to generate more demand (even though they can't service it ... but that's another department's problem)

Unfortunately, we also all know that this will be wildly successful in the public's eye, just like the current hybrids with their disappointing real-world results.

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