California governor and Hummer aficionado Arnold Schwarzenegger hailed a 100-mpg hybrid version of the much-maligned SUV when it was unveiled Monday in Detroit.
The Raser H3 range-extended electric vehicle was among the vehicles Schwarzenegger checked out during the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, where he called for a national energy policy that promotes efficient vehicles. The governor, a self-professed car lover who owns 12 vehicles, seemed impressed by what he saw. "There is nothing wrong with the Hummer; it's great vehicle," he said, according to The Detroit News. "We should change the technology within those vehicles." Raser Technologies and its partner FEV plan to do just that by converting the H3 into a range-extended electric vehicle that works a lot like the Chevrolet Volt and Fisker Karma. Read More at Wired.com