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To: Futurist who wrote (4150)	10/31/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: Don Devlin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 8393

evworld.com GM Lifts Wraps on PNGV Hybrid The secret's out. GM wasn't supposed to take the wraps off its PNGV (Partnership for a New Generation Vehicle) hybrid-electric sedan until the North American Auto Show in Detroit in January, 2000. EV World had been given a sneak peak at the car back in June, but had promised to keep what we saw secret. We honored that promised until we received the above photo by email with a note that GM had decided to officially unveil the car to auto journalists. According to a private briefing given EV World in June, the five passenger sedan is powered by an Isuzu diesel engine mounted in the rear of the car and cooled through special honey-comb venting on the rear quarter panels. The vehicle displayed in June uses a front-mounted EV1 Generation Two drive train. Surprisingly, the car is reported to have a slicker drag co-efficient than the ultra-slippery EV1. The goal of the PNGV program, co-funded by US car makers and federal dollars is to develop a family car that will get 80 mpg. Ford recently handed over its P2000 PNGV sedan, also powered by a hybrid-electric diesel engine combination, to the Department of Energy, no doubt prompting GM's decision to release the above photograph.