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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. In 2006, CalCars worked on a project with Electro Energy, Inc.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Paul Guzyk and Daniel Sherwood of 3Prong Power. 3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. After all, the primary goal of their Berkeley startup company, 3Prong Power, is to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Photograph by Chris Duffey.

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