Bright Automotive Unveils 100 mpg Hybrid Truck (AP/USNews)

[eppur_se_muova]

DAN STRUMPF
AP Auto Writer

NEW YORK—It sounds like a bright idea.

Anderson, Indiana-based startup Bright Automotive on Tuesday unveiled the IDEA, a 100-mpg (2.3 liters per 100 kilometers) plug-in hybrid electric van that it is looking to sell to fleet customers such as businesses and government agencies.

The automaker's goal is to produce 50,000 vehicles a year starting in 2013. The ultimate outcome, it hopes, will be millions of dollars in savings in gasoline and drastically reduced emissions for fleet users.

"We are ready to provide the necessary automotive leadership our nation is calling for," Chief Executive John Waters said in a conference call with reporters.

Waters, who developed the battery pack for General Motors Corp.'s first electric vehicle, the EV1, unveiled the IDEA on Capitol Hill in Washington. He said the company has applied for a $450 million loan from a Department of Energy program designed to help automakers develop fuel-efficient technology.
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Oldish news, but I hadn't seen it posted here ...

[JohnWxy]

1. wonder what the Price is?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Wonder how they got the Carnot Cycle repealed

[NYC_SKP]

3. They need to stop using the misleading MPG figures for plug-ins.

I don't think I need to explain this to readers of this forum, do I?

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[kristopher]

4. IT's even worse when they mistook MPG in the headline for the KPG in the body

Sheesh.