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Aura System’s Generator Incorporated into Azure’s Balance Hybrid for USPS

Green Car Congress

The vehicle utilizes Azure Dynamics’ hybrid electric drive train on the Ford E-450 chassis. Mounting kits were developed for most models of GM, Ford and Chrysler vehicles. The company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in June 2005 and emerged under a plan of reorganization on 1 February 2006.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.)

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Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It Their first move with a Ford Motor Co. It had gobs of torque," he recalls.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. Hymotion, February 2006 Hymotion Toronto, Ontario info@hymotion.com 6. Electro Energy, March 2006 CalCars and Electro Energy Danbury, CT info@electroenergyinc.com 7. NREL, June 2006 Toyota Prius by EnergyCS Golden, CO Terry_Penney@.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network.

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