Poulsen Hybrid: Turn that Clunker into a Hybrid
Want to green your vehicle's footprint, but the current economic slump taken you out of the market for a new hybrid? There may soon be another option. Instead of taking of saddling yourself with a crushing car payment, a company called Poulsen Hybrid Inc. is developing a add-on plug-in system to make your old clunker into a power-assisted, fuel sipping green machine -- and it's expected to be priced well under $5,000.According to Poulsen Inc. the average car needs only 10-15horsepower to maintain speeds of 60mph on a level road, so a bolt-on solution is perfectly adequate. The Poulsen system can be installed on any car (the SUV system will be complete in 2009) with wheels size 15" or larger and kicks on between speeds of 15-60mph. Of course, the fuel saving will fluctuate with different vehicles and driving styles, but third party testing firms are now trying to come up with some kind of standard savings that Poulsen can use in their marketing material. Due to concerns about durability and reliability, the Poulsen Hybrid system will be installed only by licensed dealers. Will it work? I hope so, that would be awesome.
[via Treehugger]
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12-02-2008 @ 3:14PM
Kamal said...
Anyone know if this will add additional savings if I already have a hybrid?
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