Green Star Products, Inc. reports that preliminary testing of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) has been successfully completed at the Corbin Motor Speedway in Kentucky.
This was a preliminary test for the full demonstration event scheduled during the first week of June. However, this preliminary test did produce some impressive on-road efficiency data as follows:
1) The test run was designed to simulate an intra-city driving delivery truck route at the test track.
2) The run consisted of 400 laps for a total of 100 miles.
3) The test included eight 10-minute delivery stops and a short lunch break during the 100-mile run.
4) The test vehicle was driven by 3 drivers and included 2 track test drivers and Brooks Agnew, President of Global Green Cars.
5) The PHEV required less than 1 gallon of gasoline for its hybrid engine during the historic run. This equates to over 100 miles per gallon in simulated intra-city driving.
Intra-city driving delivery vehicles are the highest polluters and least energy efficient vehicles in use today on a per mile basis. For example, 85 percent of the huge U.S. Post Office fleet travels less than 13 miles per day yet consumes two to four gallons of gasoline per day. This is equivalent to a mileage of three to six miles per gallon. Compare this to the 100-mile test run of the GSPI plug-in hybrid which demonstrated over 100 miles per gallon at its preliminary test run, the company reports.
