Green Engineering Co. To Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Performance on the Track

Green Star Products lasted full electric plug-in vehicle. Images courtesy of teamswift.net.

FRANKFORT, Ky.- Scheduled for the first week of June, Green Star Products plans to publicly test its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, according to Joseph LaStella, the company’s president.

“This demonstration is the next step in a series of public demonstrations on advanced electric powered and hybrid powered vehicles that the company intends to offer to the public in the near future in the $25,000 price range,” said Mr. LaStella.

The demonstration will take place in Corbin, Ky., where the vehicle will be driven on a simulated city driving test route, and evaluated by industry representatives. The company boosts that “during an eight-hour delivery day simulation, this plug-in hybrid vehicle can exceed 150 miles while exhibiting an efficiency of over 75 miles per gallon.”

Green Star touts that it is targeting to replace in-city delivery trucks, and is currently not in competition with Toyota or any other major automobile manufacturer because it is targeting a different market.

In addition to plug-in hybrid technology, Green Star is also an engineering and technology provider that develops full electric plug-in vehicles. Late last month, the company along with its international consortium partner, Global Green Cars, publicly tested its full electric plug-in vehicle at tracks in Utah and Kentucky.

The electric plug-in demonstrations incorporated test drives for a variety of people including legislators, government officials, and race car drivers. In particular, at the Rocky Mountains Raceways, Salt Lake City, Utah, 22 people, including reporters, where given the opportunity to drive the vehicle a total of over 140 laps around the super quarter mile track (approximately 45 miles).

Green Star states that “the general consensus of opinion was that the vehicle had exceptional performance including acceleration and handling. Most of the drivers were inclined to push the vehicle very hard to gauge its acceleration and performance on the tight turns.”