Federal researchers rolling in hybrid at 100 mpg

June 14, 2008

Tony Markel glides his car to a quiet stop and checks the mileage racked up during a brief spin around his suburban Denver office complex. It reads 99.9 miles per gallon.

That's no surprise. He used almost no gas in the ride around the National Renewable Energy Laboratory grounds. For months now, Markel, a senior NREL engineer, has been driving a plug-in hybrid that gets 100 mpg.

By JUDITH KOHLER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

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