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    AFS Trinity returns with "historic" patent, wants its powertrain to qualify for $7,500 tax rebate
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    It's been a while since we've heard anything from AFS Trinity, the company that tried to make an impact a few years ago with a claim of "150 miles per gallon" equivalent plug-in hybrids (PHEV). After taking a bit of heat for that number, the company quieted down – disappearing from the LA ...

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    AFS Trinity looking at Delaware to build "150 mpge" vehicles there
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    AFS Trinity SUV – Click above for high-res image gallery
    We've been over AFS Trinity's incredibly weird "150 miles per gallon" claim before, so let's not get into it here (especially since General Motors has since come out with their 230 mpg number for the Chevrolet Volt). What we have now ...

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    AFS Trinity brings "150 mpg" plug-in hybrids to Capitol Hill for some sweet stimulus cash
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    AFS Trinity prototype SUV - Click above for high-res gallery
    You all remember AFS Trinity, right? They're the group that can't say "150 mpg" too many times. Back in January, AFS Trinity applied for a some of the $2.5 billion loans that the DOE was handing out through the advanced technology ...

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    AFS Trinity updates PHEV crossover, applies for $2.5B loan from DOE
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    Click above for high-res gallery of the AFS Trinity prototypes
    AFS Trinity has been making some awfully big claims for its Saturn Vue-based PHEV since its debut last year. Since it launched, the company has touted its 150 mpg capability. As with all such combination plug-in/ICE vehicles your ...

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    Lithium ion battery easily achieves 180,000 miles in testing
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    While it's true that we have posted before about extraordinary performances turned in by the batteries of Altairnano before, in light of the recent claim by AFS Trinity that lithium ion batteries in a plug-in hybrid could only achieve 25,000 miles (unless the energy was buffered by ...

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    LA 2008: AFS Trinity booth
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    Not sure if this is exactly the LA Auto Show booth that AFS Trinity refused two weeks ago, but it might as well have been. Instead of their false claims of 150 mile per gallon equivalent hybrids here at the show, we have, well, nothing. As I said, we're more than willing to accept their claims that ...

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    Will the battery in your plug-in hybrid only last 25,000 miles?
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    The lithium ion batteries being used for plug-in hybrids such as the Chevy Volt are easily the single most expensive part of the car and now, AFS Trinity is claiming that they will only last 25,000 miles before needing to be replaced. The company has its own plug-in hybrid technology and claims ...

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    AFS Trinity pulls "150 mpge" hybrids from LA Auto Show
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    Back at the Detroit Auto Show in January, the AFS Trinity hybrids - with an artfully calculated 150 mpge number - were buried in the basement. For the upcoming LA Auto Show, AFS Trinity has declared it will not accept a downstairs location again and will instead pull out of the ...

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    Update on the Hybrid Extreme?
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    AFS Trinity, which is working on technology to make 250mpg cars available for people without $100,000 to drop on a Tesla Roadster, keeps filing patents for its Hybrid Extreme™ system. The latest was in mid-September, and AFS Trinity says that the company's goal is to develop a more plug-in ...

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