Truckin' past the pump

By Leslie Rudd

Wake Weekly Staff Writer

(Article scanned and corrected)

Think you have to pay five figures to drive a fuel-efficient car? Think again.

A Wake Forest company offers a less-expensive solution it says will improve engine performance, increase gas mile­ age, and reduce carbon emissions.

"We were' birthed out of the need for energy-saving options," said Drew Graham, ' a representative of Creative Hybrid Solutions. "We were all products of layoffs and decided to create something on our own."

The solution is simple. The company installs three sets of magnets to a car's coolant, air and fuel lines. The magnets are supposed to alter the molecular structure of each element, allowing each line to run more efficiently and with less build-up.

'We encounter a lot of skepticism," Graham admits. 'When people think hybrid; they think battery. But you can't take the family to the mountains on a battery charge."