You can see discussions of this at
<http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/08/hymotion_delive.html> and
read HOURCAR's press releases at <http://www.hourcar.org/index.html>.
As the first external customer to get a vehicle from Hymotion,
HOURCAR is requesting that questions about the car's performance be
directed to Hymotion.


Press Release: Hymotion converts HOURCAR's Car-sharing Prius into a
Plug-in Hybrid
http://www.hymotion.com/pdf/Hymotion-HourcarPressRelease.pdf

"In terms of being environmentally friendly, you can't beat a program
like HOURCAR's, that gives you the option to conserve through
car-sharing, but also by allowing you to pick one of the greenest
vehicles out there.", President Ricardo Bazzarella said today.

Toronto, ON. August 21, 2006: Today Hymotion, a world leader in
plug-in hybrid technology, announced that it had delivered one of its
L5 Prius Plug-in Hybrid systems to HOURCAR, a car-sharing program
that serves the Twin Cities, MN.

The Hymotion L5 plug-in system serves to more than double the already
admirable fuel efficiency of Toyota's Prius hybrid. The Hymotion
system boasts 100 mpg at speeds of 70 mph, for the first 30-35 miles
and an amazing 250+ mpg in the city at speeds up to 35 miles. To
recharge the battery system, you simply plug it into a regular
household electrical outlet.

HOURCAR is the Twin Cities' fast-growing car-sharing program.
HOURCAR, buys, insures, and maintains a fleet of member-shared cars.
Research shows that many car owners use their vehicles only a few
hours a day. Car-sharing spreads the fixed costs of car ownership
among several people. It serves the city with its 13-vehicle fleet of
new Toyota Priuses, gas-electric hybrids that regularly garner over
47 miles to the gallon and produce relatively few emissions. Now
Hymotion plug-in technology has turned one of HOURCAR's Priuses into
a PHEV, which will allow for even greater fuel economy, even fewer
emissions, and hopefully a new way of looking at the future of driving.


If you want a run-down of all the current and expected options from
after-market companies, see the table at
<http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/Prius_PHEV> -- and we'll be updating
our summaries at <http://www.calcars.org/howtoget.html>

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Felix Kramer fkramer@...
Founder California Cars Initiative
http://www.calcars.org
http://www.calcars.org/news-index.html
http://www.hybridcars.com/blogs/power
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