May 30, 2008 8:24 AM PDT

Hybrid Technologies readies 220+ MPG 'super car'

Posted by Martin LaMonica

Hybrid Technologies is preparing a 'green' sport car to submit in the Automotive X Prize contest, according to a report in Popular Mechanics.

The car will come in two versions; one for the Auto X Prize that will have a gasoline engine and battery and another all-electric version.

The as-yet-unnamed electric sports car being developed by Hybrid Technologies.

(Credit: Hybrid Technologies via Popular Science.)

The gas-battery hybrid will get 220 miles per gallon while the
all-electric will get 150-180 miles per gallon. A driveable prototype
is set to hit the streets in September.

The idea is to make the X Prize entrant something that will result in a mass-produced electric car, the company told PopSci.

"We're looking for this car basically to end up mainstream--not
just built for a one-and-done," project development engineer Ron Cerven
told the magazine. "The X Prize car is going to be the
purchasable--obviously a higher-end car, but there might be something
else from us in the X Prize."

Hybrid Technologies doesn't get nearly as much attention as
Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive, which are both preparing hybrid
electric sports cars.

But Hybrid Technologies has ambitious plans to make a range of cars that run on lithium-based batteries, scooters, bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles, cars.

Now who wouldn't want a car with this mpg? Obviously the mpg will eventually outweigh what the car costs, because I am assuming it is pricey.

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