private industry automotive founded 1991 headquarters medina washington usa key people edward furia chairman c.e.o. joel levinthal president c.o.o. laurie westdahl corporate secretary & director peter n. rogers c.f.o. & director timothy c. kent director & advisor on public communications donald bender c.t.o. dr. edward s. zorzi vice president aerospace operations philip k. snyder chief systems engineer atul deshmane automotive systems engineer john v. coyner director of composite rotor programs products extreme hybrid drive train website afstrinity.com afs trinity power corporation is an american corporation headquartered in medina wa with an engineering center in livermore ca that develops technology for plug in hybrids . the company has developed phev technology that actively combines batteries with ultracapacitors . the company asserts that the combination of high power ultracapacitors which prefer to discharge and recharge quickly and high energy lithium ion batteries which prefer to discharge and recharge slowly makes for a system with both long life and high energy density storage . 1 contents 1 prototype 2 history 3 technology 4 see also 5 references 6 external links prototype edit afs trinity s plug in hybrid prototype at altamont pass near their engineering center in livermore ca . afs trinity claims that this extreme hybrid technology makes it possible for plug in hybrid electric vehicles to achieve the equivalent of 150 miles per us gallon 1.6 l 100 km ; 180 mpg imp travel 40 miles 64 km per charge in all electric mode and use gasoline for additional range limited by gasoline tank size in hybrid mode . 1 the company also reports that its prototype xh 150s modified saturn vue suvs demonstrated 11.6 second 0 60 performance in electric only mode and 6.9 second 0 60 performance in full hybrid mode which would be comparable to a porsche cayenne . 2 afs trinity s extreme hybrid prototypes have been test driven by journalists from the new york times 3 the washington post 4 abc world news 5 cbs evening news 6 cnn 7 and salon . 8 history edit afs trinity was formed on december 5 2000 through the combination of two predecessor companies american flywheel systems inc. afs incorporated in 1991 and trinity flywheel power trinity which was incorporated in 1993 . 9 since 1991 afs trinity has conducted programs with private and government organizations including darpa nasa the u.s. navy u.s. army u.s. dot california energy commission oak ridge national laboratories lawrence livermore national labs honeywell lockheed and ricardo plc. 10 on january 24 2006 afs trinity and ricardo signed a technology partnership agreement for ricardo to help integrate afs trinity s extreme hybrid drive train technology into passenger cars and suvs . 11 on january 27 2008 the company unveiled two modified saturn vue suvs called xh 150 suv at the north american international auto show in detroit . 12 on january 26 2010 afs trinity demonstrated its prototypes for delaware officials including governor jack markell suggesting that delaware s idled factories and workforce could potentially mass produce the vehicle . 13 technology edit 3d cutaway of extreme hybrid drive train technology as implemented in the xh 150 plug in hybrid prototype . the powertrain using two forms of energy storage is disclosed in us patent application 11 519 350 . 14 the application describes a family of architectures where a battery is used in conjunction with a second energy storage device which may be an ultracapacitor a flywheel or a second battery . the purpose of the second energy storage device is to protect the battery from high current during high power operation . see also edit plug in hybrid references edit a b archived copy . archived from the original on 2010 01 06 . retrieved 2010 03 22 . ev world afs trinity perfects plug in hybrid saturn vue january 13 2008 a hybrid technology that can pay for itself . businessweek.com . 2008 01 15 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . wald matthew l. 2009 04 20 . sprinting for green stimulus dollars nytimes.com . greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com . retrieved 2010 11 27 . warren brown warren brown s car culture . washingtonpost.com . 2009 06 14 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . gm shutting down plants possibly selling the hummer abc news . abcnews.go.com . retrieved 2010 11 27 . font size print e mail share 25 comments 2008 01 12 . extreme hybrid showcases green technology cbs evening news . cbs news . archived from the original on 17 november 2010 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . video breaking news videos from . cnn.com . 2010 07 16 . archived from the original on 26 november 2010 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . the car of the future is here global warming . salon.com . 2008 01 22 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . http newpowerprospects.com company afs trinity.aspx permanent dead link afs trinity power plug in hybrid electric cars phev and extreme hybrid drivetrain technology . a revolution in fast energy storage featuring the xh 150 prototype suv . afstrinity.com . 2010 07 26 . archived from the original on 19 november 2010 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . afs trinity and ricardo to develop plug in extreme hybrid tm car . www.evworld.com . retrieved 2010 11 27 . afs trinity power plug in hybrid electric cars phev and extreme hybrid drivetrain technology . afstrinity.com . 2008 01 13 . archived from the original on 19 november 2010 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . afs trinity shows off its hybrid electric vehicle to delaware officials philly 01 27 2010 . philly . 2010 01 27 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . method and apparatus for power electronics and control of plug in hybrid propulsion with fast energy storage . google.com . 2006 09 12 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . external links edit company website v t e automotive industry in the united states automotive industry economy of the united states transportation in the united states american vehicle manufacturers list agco challenger tractor massey ferguson allied specialty vehicles champion bus collins 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