Frankie's Paul Prius
One of our most active and imaginative new car idea contributors, Frankie, is "once again in the house!" His new car drawing is for a very timely vehicle indeed. He calls it Paul Prius, and it illustrates a hybrid car. A hybrid uses both gasoline and electricity for power. These cars are becoming popular as the public's interest in environmental issues grows.
Why Paul? According to Frankie, it was first to be called Perry Prius, "but since I have Paul McCartney's LIVE 2002 concert coming soon, I changed the name." Sorry Perry, but Sir Paul is one up on you!
Hybrids are clever. They take energy generated by gasoline and braking and store it in large batteries that are under the engine's hood or in the boot. When there is enough energy in the battery, it is used to run the car. This works well at short distances and low speeds. Once the battery runs out of power, and gasoline is used again, the battery is charged again. The whole cycle is controlled by complex computer calculations which enable higher miles per gallons than most regular gasoline cars. According to car owners, one of the nicest things about running on battery power is that the car's engine becomes so quiet.
Thank-you Frankie for sharing such a contemporary and far-sighted vision with our readers.
Posted: Jun 5, 2009
Comments
Hey Frankie, do ya wanna get to see i hope to get Falina Foodkeeper and Toby Train soon? I wish my Penny Pillowman and Zoey Zookeeper would come out as Chevron Cars.
- Posted By: Eric21 on September 4, 2009
That concert was just too good to be true! IT'S FREAKIN' AMAZING!
- Posted By: Frankie on September 4, 2009
H-LLO! I DREW UP DON Dumper! omg!!! Love Ya Frankie. I even thought of Penny Pillowman and Zoey Zookeeper! Bye, Frankie!
- Posted By: Eric21 on July 1, 2009
cool
- Posted By: Anonymous on June 27, 2009
Ramon, They already made a "Frankie" car, Frankie 4-Wheeler.
- Posted By: Frankie on June 12, 2009
I have gotton my Sun Devils Van! I have been asking and wondering for months and now I know. I have a rare item! Paul Prius. Hmmmm. How about Frankie Flooder? He could fix pipes in sewers. I will send those two( Ramon Resturant). Have lots cars, Frankie!
- Posted By: Ramon on June 9, 2009
I have sent in only 2 drawings, Alfred and Marty, but if you were at my house, you could see I have done hundreds of drawings. Paul Prius is real better then my Red Rescue. Toby Taco had a taco planted on his head. Mini Payton Pizza was a good choice when I was little. There are others, just so much I cannot fit them here. I have also made a "Ramon Restaurant". I have a Hotwheels car that has Ice Cream in it, so Ramon has all kinds of good food in him. Not only drawings, but I have All cars EXCEPT Gold Dusty, Hope '01 Victor E. Vans that aren't LA, OAK, GU, UNLV, and SF. I also have a FFT AB, an Activity Book, Cars and Collectibles book, and a Chevron Cars Fun and game CD. How rare is it?
[That is a great collection Ramon. Do send in your drawings, we would love to put them on the site. The Chevron Fun and Games CD is becoming rarer, but there were hundreds of thousands produced so it is not that rare. But your collection on the whole sounds very special indeed!]
- Posted By: Ramon on June 6, 2009
