Plugs and Cars

JULY 26, 2007

What began as a simple program requiring an ever increasing percentage of Zero Emission vehicles (read electric cars), has become mired in cumbersome bureaucratic complications. A plug-in hybrid, one could say, simply integrates electric drive into a car with internal combustion. An ARB ZEV meeting is ordinarily a predictable affair.

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Convert Prius Plug-in Civic Hybrid 100

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Hybrid MAX produces powerful torque at low RPM for sporty, exhilarating driving and has an EPA-estimated 30 MPG combined city/highway fuel economy rating. This highly efficient hybrid system can achieve an EPA-estimated 41 MPG combined city/highway rating.

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Hybrid Toyota Standards Motor 293

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. New car buyers are not like pioneers, advocates and experts, Kurani noted. Which cars should be built when? Source: Ken Kurani.

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PHEV Fuel Economy San Diego Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The V6 TSI makes use of a switchable engine water pump that remains off during the warm-up phase, ensuring rapid achievement of fuel efficient operation. 100km (26 mpg US) for the full-size SUV—about a 25% improvement in city driving over a conventional gasoline SUV of the same size. This car is already being sold.

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Hybrid Emissions Fuel Convert 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The company anticipates EPA-rated combined mileage of around 45 mpg US (5.2 liter supercharged V6 direct injection gasoline engine; a hybrid module integrating a 35 kW electric motor and disengagement clutch; an 8-speed automatic transmission; and a NiMH battery pack. The Jetta Hybrid can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 8.6 Earlier post.)

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Hybrid MPG Gasoline-Electric Sale 296

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2022

It was also the first Japanese car to hit American shores back in 1958, last being sold in the US in 1972. HYBRID MAX has a manufacturer-estimated 28 mpg US combined city/highway fuel economy rating. The rear motor, which generates power through water cooling, makes it possible to maximize torque to the rear wheels.

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Toyota Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride Standards 284

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The Gen III Prius offers an EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy of 50 mpg (now revealed to comprise 50 mpg city and 49 mpg highway). Nominal pack voltage of the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery remains at 201.6 This is about a 10% improvement in EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy over the older generation.

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Prius 2010 Toyota Hybrid 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Toyota has unveiled the seventh-generation Camry, the best-selling car in the US for nine years running and for 13 of the past 14 years. The outgoing model carries a 31/35/33 mpg US EPA rating.). An electric water pump, a roller-rocker type valvetrain and a variable-output oil pump help to reduce internal friction, boosting economy.

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Fuel Economy Camry Hybrid Economy 2012 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Ah NiMH battery and a variable-voltage system in which a boost converter boosts the operating voltage of the system to a maximum of 520 V DC. Estimated EPA fuel economy ratings are 53/46/50 mpg US city/highway/combined (4.4/5.1/4.7 The NiMH pack in the Liftback is 201V.) Maximum hybrid system output is 73.6 Click to enlarge.

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Prius Hybrid Motor Motors 356

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Click on images of cars 1, 6-8, or 10-12 for high-resolution images (media may use with credit: CalCars.org). Green Car Company , "Green Machine," Manzanita Micro (PiPrius), April 2007 (Kirkland, WA), contact: greg@greencarco.com.

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Prius Conversion Plug-in Plug 48