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Dec. 29, 2009 10:34 p.m. Spitsix Reader

Poulsen Hybrid

Has anyone heard about this? I saw it on Hack-A-Day.

The Poulsen Hybrid® You've heard all the buzz about hybrids and Plug-in hybrids. So, why buy a new hybrid car when you can convert the car you drive today into a Plug-in hybrid?

The Poulsen Hybrid makes your car into a Plug-in hybrid saving expensive gasoline by using cleaner, cheaper, domestic electric power. Our patented Power Assist technology provides approximately 20 to 30 miles of battery assisted power to your car each time you charge the batteries. Looks interesting By the way - No affiliation

Scott
Dec. 30, 2009 5:00 a.m. foxtrapper UltraDork

Normally I'd say "canoe". For it sure reads like it. But you don't look like a normal spambot. Did your account get hacked?
Dec. 30, 2009 6:04 a.m. MrJoshua UltraDork

Its been around for a bit. The upside is that It is an interesting method of adding a wheel motor to cars not built for them. The downside is that you get all the downsides of a wheel motor, increased wheel weight being the main culprit. Really I hope they design an incredible product that pushes the technology forward. The more bizarro car stuff commonly available the better. Means I will get to play with someones abandoned project in a few years.
Dec. 30, 2009 6:37 a.m. aeronca65t HalfDork

So how does your power steering and brakes get driven? (I don't see anything on the website about this)

Or do you just leave your gas engine idling all the time? (which kills the whole concept for me).
Dec. 30, 2009 7:53 a.m. Spitsix Reader

Foxtrapper - No Canoe. Sorry if it sounded that way- It was late and I was having Spitfire dreams! Scott
Dec. 30, 2009 8:32 a.m. White_and_Nerdy Reader

It's too bad they show the system installed on a Civic, which itself already comes in a factory hybrid version.
Dec. 30, 2009 7:59 p.m. MrJoshua UltraDork

White_and_Nerdy wrote:

It's too bad they show the system installed on a Civic, which itself already comes in a factory hybrid version.

Yep, occurred to me that they used a pretty dumb demo car as well.
Jan. 1, 2010 8:58 p.m. revhard New Reader

ive actually been to their facility. They are out of shelton, ct. The inventor , Mr. Poulsen is an older guy , Danish i think? He designed everything , parts and tooling , with paper and pencil. He's really old school.

When they showed me their product i was impressed but skeptical also. My main concern is that the motor arm is mounted to rear quarter sheet metal , or worse , a plastic bumper/side skirt. At highway speeds , wouldn't the moment created by running that motor just rip the arm from where its mounted to on the car?
Jan. 1, 2010 11:32 p.m. skruffy Dork

Almost $9k for that?
Jan. 2, 2010 2:12 a.m. 1slowcrx Reader

Pretty interesting....

The answer is going to be turbo diesel Miata.