British Firm Converts Mini Cooper to 80mpg Hybrid


	British Firm Converts Mini Cooper to 80mpg Hybrid

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8-30-2007 11:48 AM

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<B>British Firm Converts Mini Cooper to 80mpg Hybrid</B>
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Source: <A target="new" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/the_hybrid_mini.php">Treehugger</A> 
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A British engineering firm has put together a high-performance hybrid version 
of BMW's Mini Cooper. The <A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pmlflightlink.com/">PML Mini QED</A> has a top speed of 150 mph, a 0-60 mph 
time of 4.5 seconds. The <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">car</SPAN></FONT></A> uses a small gasoline engine with four 160 
horsepower <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">electric </SPAN><SPAN class="kLink">motors</SPAN></FONT></A> — one on each wheel. The car has been designed to run 
for four hours of combined urban/extra urban driving, powered only by a battery 
and bank of ultra capacitors. The QED supports an all-electric range of 200-250 
miles and has a total range of about 932 miles (1,500 km). For longer journeys 
at higher speeds, a small conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) is used 
to re-charge the battery. In this <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink3"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">hybrid</SPAN></FONT></A> mode, fuel economies of up to 80mpg can 
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