Provo company creates 140 mpg SUV

Provo company creates 140 mpg SUV


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PROVO -- Provo-based Raser Technologies says it has created a hybrid SUV, a converted Hummer H-3, that can get about 140 miles per gallon.

It can drive in all-electric mode up to 40 miles per day.

It was developed with Raser's technology, along with an advanced powertrain from a German company.

The company believes the higher cost of an SUV will make sense for now only for companies with fleet vehicles. The company says a smaller car could get 400 miles per gallon.

Raser's Web site says a demonstration vehicle is now in road testing. The company will unveil its SUV later this month at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress in Detroit, Michigan.

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