Tue Feb 09 2010
NAPOLEON -- Gov. Ted Strickland stopped in Napoleon on Wednesday as he toured through northwest Ohio, visiting a send-off gathering for a Napoleon man who says he has developed an engine that gets the equivalent of 110 miles per gallon of gasoline.
The event was held outside the Henry County Courthouse for Douglas Pelmear, who is driving his 1987 Ford Mustang on a 4,000-mile trip to Las Vegas and back.
Pelmear is driving the car, which he says puts out 400 horsepower and runs on the ethanol fuel known as E85, to Las Vegas for the 2008 Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) show.
"It was Ohio and Ohioans who invented the airplane," Strickland said. "Ohio is a place where creative people live and work. Can you imagine the effect such a creation will have on America and the world?"
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, 75th District Rep. Lynn Wachtmann, 1st District Sen. Steve Buehrer and others also attended the event, and close to 50 individuals braved the cold to watch Pelmear drive away in his vehicle.
The Napoleon inventor has dubbed his vehicle the HP2g and cites years of working on engines with his late father in developing the car.
"With HP2g, I have developed a revolutionary alternative energy solution that will reduce our reliance on foreign oil and keep our environment clean," Pelmear said.
Because E85 has different characteristics than gasoline, the actual mileage per gallon for the vehicle is close to 85 miles per gallon.
Pelmear is planning to exhibit his vehicle in the Progressive Insurance Automotive Equipment X Prize contest. The contest begins in September in New York and will include a cross country tour. Winners in the $10 million contest will be announced in 2010 as the insurance company seeks to inspire a new generation of fuel-efficient vehicles.
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