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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Drivers of converted cars have received high levels of cooperation from dealer service departments so far. The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.) So far, most start as hybrids.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

In 2003, the board relaxed its landmark support for so-called zero-emission vehicles after being sued by the major car companies and the Bush administration. The board had voted in 1990 to require that at least 10 percent of cars sold in California to be zero-emissions vehicles by 2003. Protheroe asked.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I With the Prius, weve launched an enormous marketing campaign to say that it does not need to be plugged in, but people are still asking the dealers, "How long does it go on batteries?"

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