June 19, 2009
It could save America 120 million gallons of fuel per day.
It’s called a Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit Kit. When in use, it could double your average mileage per gallon. If 50 percent of the automobiles in America used it, it could save 120 million gallons of fuel per day—globally, as much as 600 million gallons per day. It will reduce our dependence on oil. It will reduce carbon emissions. It will require a manufacturing facility that would create 2,000 new jobs. A potential foreign market is growing daily.
Dr. Charles Perry, electrical engineer and holder of the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence at Middle Tennessee State University, took first place (out of 15 separate proposals) and received a $50,000 grant from the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation for his invention of a hybrid automobile retrofit kit. Palmer Labs LLC of Reston, Va., a firm that may become a commercial partner, has given an oral commitment (not in writing as of yet) to match that amount. Middle Tennessee State University and Tennessee Technological University are collaborating to build the first prototype.
Contact Dr. Perry at 615-898-5683 (chperry@mtsu.edu). Or call Tom Tozer, MTSU News and Public Affairs, at 615-898-2919, and we will help you connect with him.
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