The demonstration will take place in Corbin, Kentucky, where the vehicle will be test driven and evaluated by industry representatives. The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle will be driven on a simulated city driving test route. The company expects to demonstrate that during an eight hour delivery day simulation this plug-in hybrid vehicle can exceed 150 miles while exhibiting an efficiency of over 75 mpg (miles per gallon).
Earlier this month, Green Star Products along with its International Consortium partner Global Green Cars had publicly tested its full electric vehicle version at tracks in Utah and Kentucky. Global Green Cars is a U.S. and International Consortium of automobile companies and associated supply companies which includes Green Star Products as an engineering and technology provider.
The previous successful public demonstrations incorporated test drives for a variety of people including legislators, government officials, race car drivers and other interested parties. Please see press release “Successful GSPI Electric Car Demonstration Covered by Media” (http://www.greenstarusa.com/news/09-04-09.html) dated April 9, 2009, and “Green Star Kentucky Electric Car Demonstration Covered by News Media” (http://www.greenstarusa.com/news/09-04-16b.html) dated April 16, 2009, for media coverage of the demonstration events.
Mr. Joseph LaStella, President of Green Star Products, stated, “This demonstration is the next 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.”
President Barack Obama's New Energy For America program calls for deployment of 1 million plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2015, and on March 19, 2009, he announced programs directing $2.4 billion to electric vehicle development.
