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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The high demand for the Honda Civic hybrid tell us its at least $3,000. The GREET 1.6

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. Nickel-metal hydride batteries, proven for many years in hybrids to be safe, could go into PHEVs today -- they would be designed more like the ones Toyota put in its 2002 RAV4 EV compact all-electric SUV than like current hybrid batteries.

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