Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

He served as the chief engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003 and holds 12 patents. CPI’s focus is the North American automotive and commercial vehicle market. The Li-ion cells are produced in either Korea or China; CPI has the long-term goal of localizing cell production in the States. Prabhakar Patil.

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Li-ion Market Power Powered 170

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. [See Power and Associates 2004 report ].

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