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AFS Trinity’s 150mpg Car
Author: Dallas VonKillbot 1,659 views4 Jun
AFS Trinity, a company based out of Delaware, has reportedly manufactured a plug-in hybrid that can do 150mpg. Sources are claiming that they have fixed the battery life problem that has been the downfall of most electric cars makers. Not only does this thing get you there cheap, but it’ll get you there fast. The company has stated that it packs a nice 370hp, which is good by any means, especially when you consider that this baby is going to be pretty light.
Personally, I’m down. When you’re driving a truck that gets about 10mpg and gas is a whopping $4.29 here (usually at best), the little hybrids start looking more and more appealing. From the website:
Tags: 150mpg | AFS Trinity | electric car | XH-150AFS Trinity XH™ Plug-in Hybrid Program – 2008
AFS Trinity Power has developed patent-pending technology that makes it possible for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to achieve 150 MPG, go 40 miles in all-electric mode, and use gasoline for additional unlimited miles in hybrid mode.
In July 2007, in order to very quickly demonstrate all of the key attributes of this technology, the company mounted an effort to build two fully operational XH-150 SUV prototypes using off-the-shelf components. The two vehicles—modified Saturn Vue SUVs—were built in less than six months. They were unveiled on January 13, 2008 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit (Press Announcement) and (Salon.com test drive report).
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4 Responses for "AFS Trinity’s 150mpg Car"
There IS currently no data availabe to estimate the MPG of a plug-in hybrid (in the general case),
so claims of 150 MPG are mostly hot air. To determine the MPG of a plug-in obviously requires data concerning the miles driven from recharge point to recharge point.
In other words, the distribution of trips. Only commuting trip distribution statistics are available, although that activity accounts for over 50% of gasoline usage. If you do the math, you’ll find that a plug-in that gets 40 miles of pure electric driving range and achieves 50MPG while running off the range extender engine (such as the upcoming Chevy Volt) on average will achieve 300 MPG while commuting. Obviously those who need no gas at
all for the commute, either because their round trip is less than 40 miles , or they can recharge at the workplace, will obtain an infinite MPG
There is a gentlman in Midland Texas , which was aired on Texas Country Reporter. He converted his car to an all electric car. He can go 800 miles before recharging. And it only cost him 14 dollars a month to recharge.
I hope that car manufacters focus on electric autos. Especially autos where people like to travel. If this guy can do it. Then our car manufactures should be able to do so. Instead of a recharge after only 40 miles.
So lets make this happen, gasoline prices are effecting every one.
I’d like to read more about the man in Midland Texas with the 800 mile before recharging electric car. Do you have a link?
There are standard driving profiles that are used to make fuel efficiency comparisons promulgated by the federal government. Without identigying the profile (or other assumptions) used to calculate milage a quoted number is best taken as puffery because it can not be compared to anything.
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