California bill proposes $2,000 for converting gas vehicles to EVs
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
A California bill would offer residents a rebate of up to $2,000 to convert an existing internal-combustion car or truck to an EV.
Nesscap completes US$1M convertible note financing
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 23, 2014
has completed a non-brokered private placement of a US $1,000,000 Convertible Note with I2BF Energy. The Note has a maturity date of 1 April 2015; the conversion price is CAD 0.10 Ultracapacitor company Nesscap Energy Inc. The proceeds will be used for working capital. per common share; the interest rate is 10% per year.
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Classic Mini conversions; plug-in Range Rover; Tesla, Kia Niro EV, and Ford Mach-E satisfy: Today’s Car News
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 28, 2022
And Mini is officially converting its classic minicars. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Land Rover sees an official EPA range of close to 50 miles for its Range Rover plug-in hybrid. Electric vehicle newbies are charmed with EVs but not so tied to a brand.
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BMW i3 Lease Deals, Tesla Convertible, Compressed-Air Hybrid: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
From a heavily updated Toyota Yaris to lease deals on the BMW i3 electric car, today seems to be small-car day--although a convertible conversion of the big luxury Tesla Model S offsets all of that. Plus, we dig into what makes a new French compressed-air hybrid concept car work. Want to build yourself a BMW.'
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Could CNG conversions be good for our health?
Green Cars News
DECEMBER 4, 2013
There may be significant health benefits to converting our motoring fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG): as an analysis of CNG conversions in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has revealed. There has been a rapid conversion in the Bangladeshi capital following the introduction of a CNG conversion policy in 2010[.].
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Success!!! The Ban on EV Conversions in Ontario, Canada is Over!!!
DIY Electric Car
JULY 15, 2010
Ontario's Ban on Electric Cars. The Ban on EV Conversions is Over!!! Yesterday (June 7, 2010), Electric Mobility Canada sent out an e-mail advising its Ontario members that MTO has lifted the ban, and has implemented an interim solution for the licensing of electric vehicle conversions. "EMC is appreciative of MTO?
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European Automotive Industry Outlines RD Priorities for EU Green Car Initiative
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2009
European automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have united to submit a series of R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI), announced by the EU. The Green Car Initiative, a part of the European economic recovery plan, aims to allocate €5 billion (US$6.7
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Green Cars News
MAY 9, 2010
It may soon be easier than ever to get your vehicle converted to run on alternative fuels such as natural gas, propane, alcohol fuel or electricity after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new options for car manufacturers.
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Sales up for Mazda6 LPG conversions
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Mazda has reported an increase in Mazda6 sales to UK fleets that intend to convert the car to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The car maker has also said it it set to receive more orders as more and more firms turn to green alternatives. Mazda6 LPG conversions have already joined the fleet of the LPG [.].
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Plug-in Prius conversion hits 70mph
Green Cars News
JUNE 10, 2009
Electric cars have to be slow with limited speeds, don’t they? If that’s your theory then you may have to re-evaluate after Ponway, California-based Plug-In Conversions Corp (PICC) completed a software upgrade conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at up to 70mph in a converted Prius.
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Hybrid owner goes greener with LPG conversion
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 21, 2013
Most people would consider buying a hybrid car as a green choice for their new car, but that wasn’t good enough for one freelance IT Consultant from Scotland. Mick Gilluley took his Toyota Prius to Martin Motors in Muirhead to boost its fuel economy even further by converting it to run on LPG. Hybrid cars Toyota LPG'
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UK collaboration makes plug-in conversion possible
Green Cars News
APRIL 30, 2009
A consortium led by Cranfield University has developed a retrofit plug-in hybrid conversion system that can be used to convert conventional internal combustion engines. The Affordable Add-on Zero Emissions Vehicle technology shows how it may be possible to convert the existing UK fleet into plug-ins via a through-the-road approach.
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Helsinki to host electric display of green cars
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Add this to the exhibition of the eCorolla electric car conversion project (an electric version of Toyota’s old Corolla model, see video here ) brought by the eCars Now! It represents the first step in the manufacture of conversion kits that can be replicated in large numbers. Global Community movement.
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Electric car travels over 400 miles on a single charge
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
Travelling 736km (457 miles) on a single charge is something that sounds far out of the range of even a Tesla Model S - but that''s exactly what one firm has achieved with its converted-to-electric-power Mazda 5. Developed by the Institute Metron, a specialist in electric car conversions based in Sl[.].
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UK company to help dual fuel conversion in US
Green Cars News
AUGUST 2, 2009
Currently, BAF is converting 600 AT&T Ford E-Series vans to dedicated compressed natural gas technology, while T Baden Hardstaff is a service and technology provider for the road transport industry which specialises in low carbon technologies. It also controls the petrol injection using feedback from the sensors. Baden Hardstaff.
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VW to benefit from a Bright IDEA
Green Cars News
AUGUST 12, 2009
The company, which unveiled its IDEA concept series plug-in hybrid light commercial van in May, will now convert VW Transporter vans using the series hybrid Bright powertrain. The converted Transporter will come in cargo, cab chassis and passenger versions and will have a 22mile all-electric range.
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Start-up company makes biofuels breakthrough
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
There has been considerable debate about the environmental value of biofuels when it takes such an extensive crop yield to be converted into fuel that can be used in our cars. Cool Planet Biofuels claims it has achieved a conversion yield of [.].
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Summer holidays for less with LPG
Green Cars News
AUGUST 1, 2011
Holidaymaker could save themselves hundreds of pounds this summer by converting their cars to LPG, leading conversion experts MintLPG say.
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Think makes breakthrough in Japan
Green Cars News
JULY 28, 2009
This will be used for the conversion of delivery vehicles as part of a comprehensive road testing programme. Think and Ener1 will team with Zero Sports of Japan - Zero Sports has been chosen as one of the conversion partners for delivering electric vehicles as Japan Post aims to electrify its fleet of 22,000 delivery vehicles.
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New process creates diesel from biomass
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
It’s long been known that renewable diesel can be created from biomass waste – but creating a simple, energy efficient process to achieve this conversion has been the problem.
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49 FedEx boosts fleet with hybrid-electric trucks
Green Cars News
JULY 22, 2009
The FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles has leapt by more than 50 per cent from 172 to 264 after the company added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting existing models. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news FedEx FedEx California hybrid-electric delivery trucks.
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36 How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.
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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2010
Osage Bio Energy (OBE) is a Virginia-based company that will use regional grain, primarily winter barley, to produce ethanol and high value co-products for East Coast markets via a fairly conventional pathway of converting starch to sugar, followed by fermentation.
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186 Why plug-in hybrids are top of the pile
Green Cars News
JULY 16, 2009
It tested the performance of two 2007 model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids using a Hymotion 5kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news plug-in hybrid cars plug-in hybrid electric cars San Diego SDG&E.
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Man makes his own electric car
Green Cars News
JUNE 10, 2009
After discovering that many of the electric cars available on the market come with a sizeable price tag, Mr Roth decided to try the conversion to electric himself. Roth explained that he checked with his insurance company and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and found that his converted Escort is legal.
PHEV Day 140, Flagstaff EAA Special Meeting on Sunday, 22 Feb 09, 3:00 - 5:00PM
Spirit of DC - PHEV3A
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
Engineering A New Future For The Electric Car When is green blue? The first affordable electric car, a truly “green” car designed for the driving you do most. Electric Blue™ is a close-range, fully-electric car designed to cut the average American family loose from the gasoline pump. Not a conversion kit.
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Governor Pataki On Board
Plug In Partners
AUGUST 4, 2006
New York to Convert 600 Hybrids to PHEVs New York Governor George E. Bruno today announced a new $10 million State program to convert vehicles in the State fleet to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art alternative fuel research laboratory at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP).
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Prawns to power biodiesel production
Green Cars News
AUGUST 4, 2009
In laboratory tests, the seafood converted rapeseed oil to biodiesel faster (89 per cent conversion in three hours) and more efficiently than some conventional catalysts. The new catalysts also can be reused and the process minimizes waste production and pollution, the scientists noted.
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32 Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes
Plugs and Cars
OCTOBER 27, 2007
The catalytic converter that keeps the ICE from being a gross polluter in conventional cars and hybrids however, isn't kept warm by the continual embrace of an ever-churning engine in a hybrid with all-electric range. Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. Cold starts mean more pollution.
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100 Vehicle programme proves the power of propane
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Nine fleets and more than 160 vehicles have joined the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Programme that sees vehicles converted to run on propane gas as well as the installation of on-site fuelling stations. The programme is run by Virginia Clean Cities and is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as well as the [.].
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The latest Volkswagen vans look to be become greenest in their class
Green Cars News
MAY 15, 2009
Conversely, fuel economy rises and emissions fall to not only meet but exceed the latest Euro V standards. NOx reduction is achieved thanks to addition for the first time of an SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) catalytic converter together with an additive, the synthetically-produced, water-based solution containing 32.5
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LPG on the rise again as petrol tops £1 a litre mark
Green Cars News
JUNE 5, 2009
An increasing number of British motorists are opting out of the volatile petrol car market, according to the latest LPG (liquid petroleum gas) vehicle sales figures from Proton. The first, and still only of its kind available in the UK, the ecoLogic comes readily converted to dual-fuel LPG.
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Solar power becomes flexible and more efficient
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. Optical fiber could conduct sunlight into a building’s walls where the nanostructures would convert it to electricity. This is truly a three dimensional solar cell.”.
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56 Main Page - EAA-PHEV
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
JANUARY 28, 2009
See also our EAA-PHEV:General disclaimer talk : Disclaimer edit Please visit the Conversion Interest page to help us gauge DIYers interest! Current Hybrids are natural donor platforms because they already have most of the needed electric propulsion components, so the conversion process deals primarily with integrating larger battery packs.A
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Plug In America - Links and Resources
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
JANUARY 28, 2009
com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm Brown and Shari Prange, 1993 "The Electric and Hybrid Electric Car", by Michael H. htm Advocates of the Th!
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30 Proton LPG vehicle proves popular with fleets
Green Cars News
MAY 11, 2009
Humberside Police have been running LPG converted Proton vehicles for over 10 years and, with just over 300 on their current fleet, have saved over £300,000 on fuel costs per year. Alan Hocking, from Humberside Police, explains: “We began trialling LPG vehicles in 1996 and we’ve never looked back.
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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2009
In his prepared remarks prior to his panel’s discussion, Felix Kramer, founder of CalCars, said that he was confident that real production PHEVs and EVs are coming&mash;not new prototypes or conversions. convert] millions of cars on the road. GM hosted Green Car Congress at the Business of Plugging In Conference.].
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210 Hydrogen fuel cell buses hit the road in Sunderland
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
One North East has invested £314,000 to sponsor the ECO2Trans project, which is converting two electric Gulliver U500EUK buses into hydrogen vehicles using a fuel cell, battery and capacitor combination. This six-month trial will give more than 500 drivers the chance to drive an electric vehicle for the first time.
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44 Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius.
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First retro-fit plug-in hybrid system to help the unconverted
Green Cars News
APRIL 29, 2009
A collaboration between the UK’s leading automotive engineering facilities has resulted in the development of the first plug-in retro-fit hybrid conversion of a combustion engine vehicle. Developed to reduce the carbon emissions of inner-city driving, the ADDZEV system was perfected utilising a standard Vauxhall Combo van.
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36 It’s alive and it’s electric – Blackburn students complete electric car conversion project
Green Cars News
JULY 19, 2012
A group of engineering students from the University Centre at Blackburn have created their own electric car as part of a university course.
Toyota introduces 7th generation Camry for 2012 with improved fuel economy and performance across all models; ~39% jump in EPA city cycle fuel economy for the hybrid
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 23, 2011
The new Power Control Unit combines the inverter and DC/DC converter into one unit. Its more compact size, along with moving the DC/DC converter to the engine compartment, results in a trunk that is 2.1-cubic However, Toyota reports reduced electrical losses in the new Camry inverter as well, compared to the first generation.
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199 How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.)
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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
Virtually any car, truck or bus can be made or redesigned as a long-range PHEV. There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. Volt Has Most Electric Miles, Data Shows Green Car Reports 20 May 2015. [ It is only a matter of economics motivated by incentives or taxes. References. [ Authors Max F.
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