General Motors is in in discussions with three companies to sell the Hummer brand. I suspect that Raser Technologies is one of those companies. Raser Technologies has developed a Hummer H3 Hybrid. Raser Technologies of a Provo, Utah-based builder of geothermal power plants, which tap underground steam to turn generators and produce electricity with less pollution than those fueled by coal or oil.
Raser plans to use an electric technology similar to that in the Chevrolet Volt, which should give the Hummer Hybrid a gas saving 100 MPG.
Raser says, their E-REV (Extended-Range Electric Vehicle) powertrain technology, will give the Hummer Hybrid approximately 100 miles (161 kilometers) per gallon when driven as much as 40 miles a day and can travel 40 miles on electrical power alone.
Raser chose the Hummer for the demonstration because “it’s the worst,” Higginson said in an interview. The company wanted to “show the world that technology can take the worst offender and make it greener than a” Toyota Prius, he said.
A 2008 Hummer H3 gets 14 mpg in the city and 18 mpg on the highway, while a Prius gets 48 mpg in the city and 45 on the highway, according to the E.P.A.
My take is that I am somewhat skeptical that 100 MPG can be achieved with such a heavy vehicle. If they can...they deserve the recognition and sales that this achievement will generate.
This also demonstrates that smaller companies are on the forefront of this technological shift in the automobile powertrains. Then, why cannot the big three generate this kind of technology with all their money and resources?
Raser plans to use an electric technology similar to that in the Chevrolet Volt, which should give the Hummer Hybrid a gas saving 100 MPG.
Raser says, their E-REV (Extended-Range Electric Vehicle) powertrain technology, will give the Hummer Hybrid approximately 100 miles (161 kilometers) per gallon when driven as much as 40 miles a day and can travel 40 miles on electrical power alone.
Raser chose the Hummer for the demonstration because “it’s the worst,” Higginson said in an interview. The company wanted to “show the world that technology can take the worst offender and make it greener than a” Toyota Prius, he said.
A 2008 Hummer H3 gets 14 mpg in the city and 18 mpg on the highway, while a Prius gets 48 mpg in the city and 45 on the highway, according to the E.P.A.
My take is that I am somewhat skeptical that 100 MPG can be achieved with such a heavy vehicle. If they can...they deserve the recognition and sales that this achievement will generate.
This also demonstrates that smaller companies are on the forefront of this technological shift in the automobile powertrains. Then, why cannot the big three generate this kind of technology with all their money and resources?
