Green Options » diesel-hybrid http://greenoptions.com/tag/diesel-hybrid Posts tagged 'diesel-hybrid' Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:13:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Teenage-Built Diesel Hybrid Does 0-60 in 4 Seconds, Soon to Break 100 MPG http://gas2.org/2009/10/05/teenage-built-diesel-hybrid-does-0-60-in-4-seconds-soon-to-break-100-mpg/ http://gas2.org/2009/10/05/teenage-built-diesel-hybrid-does-0-60-in-4-seconds-soon-to-break-100-mpg/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:13:27 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://gas2.org/2009/10/05/teenage-built-diesel-hybrid-does-0-60-in-4-seconds-soon-to-break-100-mpg/

Students from West Philadelphia High School have built a diesel-hybrid race car that goes from 0-60 in four seconds. While the car currently gets 60+ mpg, they hope to soon break 100 mpg.

Why? They are competing for $10 million in the Automotive X-Prize .

Called the Hybrid Attack, the car was built by kids from West Philly’s Academy of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering. And if that alone doesn’t make them cool, they are the only high school team competing out of 90 different teams from the U.S. and overseas.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/10/05/teenage-built-diesel-hybrid-does-0-60-in-4-seconds-soon-to-break-100-mpg/feed/ XR3: 225 MPG Plug-In Hybrid Trike Headed for Production http://gas2.org/2009/06/14/xr3-225-mpg-plug-in-hybrid-trike-headed-for-production/ http://gas2.org/2009/06/14/xr3-225-mpg-plug-in-hybrid-trike-headed-for-production/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:58:14 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://gas2.org/2009/06/14/xr3-225-mpg-plug-in-hybrid-trike-headed-for-production/

Robert Riley’s XR3 kit car is an amazing three-wheeled plug-in diesel hybrid. The trike gets a jaw dropping 225mpg on combined diesel-electric power and 125mpg when using only the 23hp diesel engine.

And hey, it kinda looks like that Back to the Future car!

Introduced back in June of 2008, the two-passenger car was designed so it can be assembled using readily available parts. Fully constructed, the car weighs in at 1480 pounds and has top speed of 80mph. And while you can only get 40 miles out of its li-ion battery pack, it can be plugged into any standard wall socket.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/06/14/xr3-225-mpg-plug-in-hybrid-trike-headed-for-production/feed/ UPDATED: Wal-Mart Tests Diesel-Hybrid Trucks, Alternative Fuels http://gas2.org/2009/02/06/wal-mart-tests-diesel-hybrid-trucks-alternative-fuels-2/ http://gas2.org/2009/02/06/wal-mart-tests-diesel-hybrid-trucks-alternative-fuels-2/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:00:28 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://gas2.org/2009/02/06/wal-mart-tests-diesel-hybrid-trucks-alternative-fuels-2/ Wal-Mart Testing Diesel-Hybrid Commercial Fleet, Powered By Reclaimed Grease Fuel From Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club Stores.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc announced plans to test two different hybrid Class-8 trucks and three different types of alternative fuels in an effort to double their fleet’s fuel-efficiency.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/02/06/wal-mart-tests-diesel-hybrid-trucks-alternative-fuels-2/feed/ Cleanest SUV on the Planet: 40-MPG Diesel-Hybrid http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/08/cleanest-suv-on-the-planet-40-mpg-diesel-hybrid/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/08/cleanest-suv-on-the-planet-40-mpg-diesel-hybrid/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:29:11 +0000 Clayton B. Cornell http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/08/cleanest-suv-on-the-planet-40-mpg-diesel-hybrid/ mercedes, bluetec, hybrid, SUV, diesel-hybrid

At the 2008 Geneva Auto show, Mercedes debuted their new diesel-hybrid SUV, which gets a whopping 40-MPG. Add the latest in emissions-control technology, and this vehicle breaks the world’s record for lowest carbon-emitting SUV.

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]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/08/cleanest-suv-on-the-planet-40-mpg-diesel-hybrid/feed/ Mercedes 40-MPG Diesel Hybrid: Cleanest SUV on the Planet http://gas2.org/2008/04/07/mercedes-40-mpg-diesel-hybrid-vision-glk-bluetec-suv/ http://gas2.org/2008/04/07/mercedes-40-mpg-diesel-hybrid-vision-glk-bluetec-suv/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:38:51 +0000 Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2008/04/07/mercedes-40-mpg-diesel-hybrid-vision-glk-bluetec-suv/ Mercedes, Bluetec, Vision GLK, diesel-hybrid, diesel

Mercedes plans to release a diesel-hybrid SUV capable of 40 miles per gallon, with cleaner emissions than your standard car. Demo’d at the 2008 Geneva Auto show, the SUV is built on Mercedes’ relatively new BlueTec emissions control technology—a combination of catalytic converters and advanced chemical processing that scrubs out the worst pollutants produced by the diesel engine.

The 4-cylinder, 214 horsepower engine will also break the world’s record for lowest carbon emissions (157 g/km) in an SUV.

The new Vision GLK BlueTec hybrid sports a standard hybrid-electric system: An electric motor seamlessly supplements the 2.2 liter diesel engine during fuel-intensive acceleration. Regenerative braking repowers the lithium-ion batteries, and start-stop technology shuts the motor off when the car is at a dead stop.

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