Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) To take one example, batteries.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

No one needs to buy another new gas powered car. Keep your old car, or buy an inexpensive used car. The Plug-Ins are coming and you should wait till they get here before buying your next new car. Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. Save your money.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Technology upgrades like Full Self Driving remain available to buy, but are not delivered via an over-the-air update. The Prius Prime becomes Toyota’s leader with a plug. Toyota’s Prius Prime and RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrids are distinguished from the standard Prius and RAV4 and seem to have found a sales niche.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

In May 2008, Toyota saw its Prius hybrid car turn it towards profitability in America and it scrapped plans to build a sport utility truck plant in Tupelo, Mississippi and chose to build a Prius plant there instead. Yet when gas prices tumbled later that year, plans for the Prius plant were shelved.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Source: DOE, ALBAA 2008. Mini-cells” Source: LG Chem, ALBAA 2008. Source: Alamgir and Sastry (2008). With recent improvements in high temperature life and cell safety CPI is excited about increasing Li-ion’s role in traditional hybrids like the Toyota Prius. Convergence 2008, 08CNVG-0036) Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0"

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

The team members of the Science Olympiad, 2008 Regional and TN State Champions, Bearden Middle School, will be there to show off the “Spirit”. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around America (PHEV3A) tour with "EV Jerry" Asher began on Earth Day 2008, in front of our Nation’s Capitol. Hybrids are also immediately available.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Compared to Prius, it is 22 inches shorter in overall length, yet loses less than an inch in overall width. Since the early 90’s, during the early stages of first-generation Prius development, Toyota has been committed to in-house R&D of advanced nickel-metal hydride batteries. The CH stands for compact hybrid as in compact class.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The first manufacturer to produce a full production hybrid, in the form of the iconic Prius, Toyota has also made significant advancements in the development of electric, hydrogen and alternative fuel vehicles. Q: Toyota won TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk’s ‘Green Car Manufacturer’ award in 2008 as well as a host of others across the industry.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Not what you think When the wrap finally comes off, though, I think there will be some surprise for anyone who had hopes of rushing out to a dealership to buy their first 100 m.p.g. Whats more, mainstream consumers wont be able to buy it when it comes to market. • BRIGHT AUTOMOTIVE: Unwrapping the 100 m.p.g. Yep, a truck.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

The Budget confirmed and built on the Chancellor’s measures in Budget 2008 and the Pre-Budget report by: Confirming the new rules on capital allowances linked to CO2 emissions. From April 2010 anyone buying a new car will pay a different rate of vehicles tax in the first year of registration. Greening the Grid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. I would buy a Volt for $40K.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles. Outside of North America, 2008 was the second-best sales year in the last decade and the third-best ever for Chrysler International. In 2008, the Foundation gave approximately $21 million in charitable donations. Follow us on Twitter!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By Seth Leitman Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Electrifying Times gave me the opportunity to attend a General Motors press event showing off the Volt back in late 2008 after just releasing the book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 2nd Edition. In addition, you would think that a dual-fuel EV/gas car would be more cost effective than the Prius.

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Plug In India

JANUARY 15, 2022

His garage currently houses, apart from the e2o, a Toyota Prius and an Isuzu pickup. Jayram was looking at buying a used E2O, but one of his friends who has one has had service issues. Vikram decided that the first vehicle he wanted to buy from his own earnings was going to be a plane. He also owned a MG eZS for a year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Cd of the 2010 Toyota Prius. The Prius engineers were celebrating a big victory when they managed to shave their cars Cd by 0.01 Cd of a 2010 Toyota Prius. Photo by Scott Jacobs) (Enlarge photo) Lisa Lawn is ready to buy an EV right now. coefficient of aerodynamic drag, which compares to the 0.25

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read. And we all won’t be driving a Prius either – I’ll have my electric pickup truck in a few years too. This opinion piece is from an independent writer and is not connected with Greentech Media News.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. Remember its PURE D.C.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. Many of the first Prius hybrids that were released are still running strong on their NiMH batteries after 100,000+ miles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wang, as he’s known, got into the automobile business by buying a failing state-owned carmaker. BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. " The feds arent convinced. GM doesnt have a chance.

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