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Hybrid Conversion - the Future for Your Car?
April 28, 2008 |
Hybrid Car news is generally pretty mundane, but not today. MIRA (Motor Industry Research Association) in Great Britain are today claiming to have found the Holy Grail of Hybrid Technology. That is, a Conversion kit - not for Biodiesel or LPG, but to convert an average car, your car, to Hybrid Electric power.
The newly created system comprises removable battery packs, divided into three 30kW portable units that upgrade an existing, conventional car into a Hybrid Car. The system offers the flexibility of plug-in capability as well as built in while-you-drive re-charge capability to keep the power source topped up. You might think something like this would require an extreme amount of work to retro-fit to a conventional car?
MIRA don’t think so - they suggest that the operation of introducing hybrid power to a conventional car shouldn’t be any more difficult than fitting a Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) conversion system. That operation is already common in the UK with a network of approved installers available.
Although MIRA hasn’t set a date for commercial production of the system it looks exciting, possibly a real breakthrough for Hybrid Car Technology as a whole. Something that doesn’t necessitate a change of vehicle could be what a lot of people are looking for.
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