NASA STI Program and NASA Spinoff: Retrofits Convert Gas Vehicles into Hybrids
Posted on Aug 24, 2012 01:37:28 PM | Gerald Steeman | 0 Comments    |

Working with Glenn Research Center through the NASA Illinois Commercialization Center, NetGain Technologies LLC of Lockport, Illinois, developed a retrofit system for converting gas-powered vehicles to gas-electric hybrids. The partnership also resulted in a line of electric motors for vehicles marketed by NetGain Motors Inc., the production of which supports over 100 jobs at the company’s manufacturing facility. Read the full story from the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) here: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20120001898; for more NASA documents on hybrid vehicle technologies, http://go.usa.gov/7bn. To learn more about the NASA Spinoff publication, visit http://spinoff.nasa.gov.

Row of US Postal Service trucks

Delivery truck fleets, like those used by the U.S. Post Office, can benefit from the
NASA-derived hybrid retrofit systems developed by NetGain Technologies LLC.

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