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Thinking About Buying A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle? Please Use It Responsibly

CleanTechnica EVs

If you’ve been looking at greener drivetrains, you’ve encountered hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric vehicles. continued] The post Thinking About Buying A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle? A hybrid vehicle has 2. Please Use It Responsibly appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Plug-in Hybrids Can Buy Us Valuable Time, But They Could Also Become an Obstacle For Charging Infrastructure

CleanTechnica EVs

A month or so ago, I explored some ways we could manage a likely onslaught of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV). continued] The post Plug-in Hybrids Can Buy Us Valuable Time, But They Could Also Become an Obstacle For Charging Infrastructure appeared first on CleanTechnica. Why do we need to think about this?

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General Motors' Plug-In Hybrids Are Coming Back To The U.S. In 2027

InsideEVs

Almost 20 years after the Chevrolet Volt went into development, GM will bring back hybrid cars with a plug. Will Americans buy them?

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Toyota EVs and plug-in hybrids: Full $7,500 EV tax credit will likely phase out October 1

Green Car Reports

It appears that sales of Toyota’s plug-in models in recent months were enough to trigger the automaker’s phaseout period for the federal EV tax credit this past quarter—leaving buyers less than nine months to buy a vehicle like the BZ4X electric car or RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid and be able to claim the full $7,500 amount.

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Best plug-in vehicle deals: Toyota Prius Prime, Hyundai Kona Electric, Nissan Leaf, and more

Green Car Reports

April is shaping up to be a good month to buy an electric car or plug-in hybrid, with several good deals spotted by CarsDirect. In Southern California, a price cut has allowed shoppers to lease a 2021 Hyundai Kona Electric for around the same price as a gasoline model, according to the website.

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Tech: How do Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Batteries Recharge? Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

Clean Fleet Report

For the uninformed, the question was: Does the battery need to be plugged in to a hybrid car charger ? When hybrids appeared most used nickel-metal-hydride batteries This question was such a big roadblock for increasing sales that Toyota began an advertising campaign for the Prius that clearly emphasized that plugging in was not necessary.

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California passes 100K plug-in car sales; 40% of US plug-ins

Green Car Congress

Californians have purchased more than 100,000 plug-in cars (PEVs) since the market started in 2010, according to figures gathered by the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative. Californians buy approximately 40% of all the PEVs sold in the US.

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