Bright Automotive wants to make 50,000 plug-in hybrid vans per year that are built from the ground-up to deliver 100 mpg in a van that can carry 180 cubic feet of cargo. A typical van carrying such load might achieve 15 mpg. This spin-off of the Rocky Mountain Institute has major strategic partners including Alcoa, Johnson-Controls, and Google. The Bright IDEA van weighs only 3,200 pounds, less than a Prius, and can go 30 miles on battery power alone. It will be stronger than steel, yet built with light-weight aluminum and composite material like the Tesla. With a sub-.3 drag coefficient, the van only needs a 10 kWh lithium battery pack. In demanding delivery applications, each Bright IDEA could save $6,000 per year in fuel.

Bright is currently doing a project for the U.S. Department of Defense that involves converting a VW Transporter to be a plug-in hybrid. Bright hopes to secure a federal loan to build a manufacturing plant in Indiana to build the new light aerodynamic vans in volume.Reminds me of the early days of automobiles before GM, many new tech companies making EV & PHEV  vehicles. 

interesting.... :-)

but i have one question: does "mpg" mean maybe "miles per gallon"?? i'm not used to the us measuring units ;-)

miracles.....

100 MPG is equal to 42.5 Kilometers per liter, that is at least double the best milage of any car made in Thailand.

ya my bimmer gets 18mpg hwy,and 10 city