Remove Conference Remove General Motors Remove PHEV Remove Products
article thumbnail

Goal!

Plug In Partners

As stated at the opening press conference by Austin's Mayor Will Wynn in January, 2006, “ Plug-in hybrids represent a real near-term solution to America’s over-reliance on foreign oil imports and energy prices that escalate the cost of everything and threaten the very economic life of our nation,” “The technology exists today ,” Wynn says.

Volt 100
article thumbnail

Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

Plug In Partners

Company bosses are said to be keen to put this system into production but no firm decisions will be made until the cost of batteries is reduced." Senior sources say that trials are currently underway in Japan, with a prototype that uses a rotary engine to charge the battery pack.

Plug-in 100
article thumbnail

Toyota Plug In

Plug In Partners

T oyota President Katsuaki Watanabe made his company's intentions clear yesterday about PHEVs. Japan and Europe by 2010 By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press June 11, 2008 TOKYO -- Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in the U.S., Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.);

Plug-in 100
article thumbnail

Ohio State team wins EcoCAR2 competition with E85 series-parallel plug-in hybrid Malibu

Green Car Congress

OSU’s series-parallel PHEV. The US Department of Energy and General Motors Co. Their series-parallel plug-in hybrid Malibu excelled at GM’s Proving Grounds in Milford, Michigan, earlier this month, where it was put through a series of strenuous technical and safety tests similar to those used for real-world production vehicles.

Ohio 299
article thumbnail

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

Plug-in 45
article thumbnail

New Legislation Would Require Half of US New LDVs in 2012 to be Alcohol Flex-Fuel, 80% by 2015

Green Car Congress

The legislation would allow exemptions for manufacturers under certain conditions, including if the application of the fuel-choice enabling technology to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) caused such vehicles to fail to meet state air quality requirements. Mid-range ethanol blends. The Open Fuel Standards Act ( H.R.

2012 150