Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2010

AFS Trinity Power Corporation has been awarded a patent for its Extreme Hybrid drive train that combines ultracapacitors and other power electronics and energy storage devices with off-the-shelf chemical batteries in plug-in hybrid vehicles. Earlier post.). AFS Trinity Chief Executive Officer Edward W.

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Tax Credit Tax PHEV Hybrid 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2009

Charles Mendler, the principal of Envera and the inventor of this particular approach to a VCR engine, provided the update on the project at the Department of Energy (DOE) Merit Review this week in Washington, DC. A Report to the US Congress, April 2001 (DOE). Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Technology.

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Engine 2002 Fuel Economy Oil 150

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

The founders of Google have made personal investments in Tesla as befits dotcom billionaires, and they're converting Priuses to plug-in hybrids for the company fleet with battery maker A123. Google founder Sergey Brin drove one of the 2001 Th!nk Perhaps Toyota, as hybrid leader, doesn’t want to get too far out front.

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NiMH Google Prius EPRI 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. Most of the new vehicles have received special praise for their interiors, which has been a priority for GM since Bob Lutz assumed product design responsibilities in 2001. Two-Mode Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). by Bill Cooke.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262