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http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=177764
"For some young men, the trunk is the perfect spot for a huge set of car speakers.But brothers Andrew and Chris Ewert have put something far morepowerful in the back of their parents' Toyota Prius: a lithium-ion battery pack capable of dramatically boosting the hybrid car's already impressivefuel efficiency.
Unlike a conventional gas-electric Toyota Prius, which gets about 55 to 60 miles per gallon of gas, the Ewerts' so-called "plug-inhybrid" is capable of traveling about 100 miles per gallon.
And it only takes 35 cents' worth of electricity from a standard power outlet to charge the extra batteries. "We've gotten about a thousand milesoff of one tank of gas," Andrew Ewert said. "This is the future of cars. We strongly believe that this is where it's headed"
The Ewerts' modified car was among dozens of alternative fuel vehicles on display Tuesday at an Earth Day event at Wheaton College.
I want that!!!
1000 miles on one tank of gas...that's freakin ridiculous!!!
"For some young men, the trunk is the perfect spot for a huge set of car speakers.But brothers Andrew and Chris Ewert have put something far morepowerful in the back of their parents' Toyota Prius: a lithium-ion battery pack capable of dramatically boosting the hybrid car's already impressivefuel efficiency.
Unlike a conventional gas-electric Toyota Prius, which gets about 55 to 60 miles per gallon of gas, the Ewerts' so-called "plug-inhybrid" is capable of traveling about 100 miles per gallon.
And it only takes 35 cents' worth of electricity from a standard power outlet to charge the extra batteries. "We've gotten about a thousand milesoff of one tank of gas," Andrew Ewert said. "This is the future of cars. We strongly believe that this is where it's headed"
The Ewerts' modified car was among dozens of alternative fuel vehicles on display Tuesday at an Earth Day event at Wheaton College.
I want that!!!
1000 miles on one tank of gas...that's freakin ridiculous!!!