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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

A plug-in hybrid, one could say, simply integrates electric drive into a car with internal combustion. Even the Prius and Civic Hybrid are quite different. ARB could spend a year in conversation with stakeholders to figure out regs and credits for new OEM plug-in hybrid cars. However, there are innumerable ways to do it.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Unless/until PV cells become more efficient, and are part of the original installation, they will seriously affect the cars aerodynamics and will be far less durable than metal. Honda Insight, Civic and Accord use an entirely different design: the electric motor never runs without the gasoline engine running at the same time.

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