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Toyota Hot and Cold on Plug-in Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

A month or so ago word was Toyota was postponing the new generation Lithium Prius. Now, however, we continue to see more information on Toyota's own prototype plug-in Lithium Prius. However, the cars can run only short distances before they run out of juice. After all, grid electricity is cleaner and cheaper than gasoline.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And we all won’t be driving a Prius either – I’ll have my electric pickup truck in a few years too. As a civilization, we have committed ourselves to electricity and we must make cleaner electricity. Aside from the support of large automakers, common sense dictates that electric transportation will prevail.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? DE (1) Platform technology (1) Play Pumps (1) Podcast (1) Prius (1) Prius 2010 (1) QCEG.F (1) 2:54 PM Anonymous said. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Beware of businessmen trying to make a fortune with the wish to shift to cleaner propulsion!