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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The Niro isn’t plugged in to recharge the battery but does have a very efficient regenerative charging system that converts kinetic energy into electric energy, when applying the brakes or coasting, and stores it in the battery. Make sure to check-out the heartbeat lights and how the exterior mirrors light up as you approach the Niro.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. In Berkeley, a town known for its environmental sensibility, one out of five cars sold today is a hybrid Prius.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

So if you had a big warehouse that nobody was currently renting you could fill your giant rooftop with solar panels and have your own now power station feeding clean, green, renewable energy right into the existing grid. Convert your Prius to a plug-in hybrid and rock the world. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. NO PURCHASE!

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Education Environment Politics Real Estate Joel Connelly Webtowns/Neighborhoods Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. Davids said his family meets its need for longer trips by also owning a hybrid Prius. "I Washington, D.C. They are doing it right," he said. "By

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although charging infrastructure is beginning to find its way into cities, it may be awhile until they are available in residential neighborhoods en masse. Please feel free to tell us what you believe to be the benefits of some of the various recharging modes mentioned above in the comments section below.