Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., In Who Killed the Electric Car?,

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

What would be the mix of commercial trucks versus light passenger cars and trucks? In 2020, GM sold 20,754 Chevrolet Bolt EVs in the US, which while isn’t huge number it actually puts the Bolt in third place after the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y in the US and ahead of the Toyota Prius Prime and Nissan LEAF. So What Does It All Mean?

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Particularly to the Plug-in Hybrids Electric Vehicle (PHEV) like the Toyota Prius before them as well as converting internal combustion engines into pure Electrics! After all, if the US Stimulus Package program could do "Cash for Clunkers," then why not "Cash for Conversions!". www.FlorenceAZ.org.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. Contact info: John Joyce.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Chevrolet S-10 :Brian has a new and very nice conversion. Chevrolet S-10 :Jim Coates very clean conversion Chevrolet S-10 :Mark Brueggemanns neat project, and more. Comutacar : Scott HullsC-cars and upgrades DaihatsuFellow Van : Interesting Japanese conversion. FordExpress : Svein Medhus has the first EV conversion in Norway.

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EV Adoption

MAY 8, 2021

Sales of EVs have basically been flat the last three years and have hovered at +/- the 2% of total light passenger vehicle sales. Establish community college and technical training programs especially in disadvantaged communities for the conversion of older gas-powered vehicles into either plug-in hybrid or fully battery electric vehicles.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The light turns green. Jerry is the owner of a PHEV Prius with Plug in Supply conversion kit, plus solar panels on the roof installed by Bob Bruninga, Naval Academy engineering professor. Charlie floors it. Straight down the highway. The crowd goes wild! Another victory for nerves of steel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Camry Hybrid and Prius family. Bob Carter, Group Vice President and General Manager, Toyota Division, Toyota Motor Sales, USA has said that in the future, the expanded Prius family will likely outsell Camry. However, for now: Later this decade, we do see Prius actually arriving closer to Camry volume and ultimately surpassing it.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

So I’m going to lobby Ted personally at the Torrance Environmental Fair on Saturday where he’ll be making a campaign stop, and I’ll try to light a little solar fire under the current Assemblyman for the 53rd District. Convert your Prius to a plug-in hybrid and rock the world. Plug In Conversions Corp.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. .  will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The 100 m.p.g. mark has pretty much been the Holy Grail in the land of alternative vehicles for some time.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Still, the instant torque of the electric motor is a rush you get to experience all the time in city driving; each time you pull away from a red light and stop sign youre wondering why gasoline engines ever became popular. link] This guy has a very nice looking conversion, he managed to do it for about 25k. Small size. New technology.

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Plug In India

JANUARY 15, 2022

His garage currently houses, apart from the e2o, a Toyota Prius and an Isuzu pickup. Also, there is a blue LED that lights up below the appropriate gear as soon as it is selected. With the cruise control on, managed to have a lovely conversation with Karthik on Jared Diamond’s excellent book Guns, Germs and Steel. (In

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 14, 2007

clip Unfortunately, the streets of North America may never see the Air Car, though; it's light-weight, glued-together fiberglass construction might not do so well in our crash tests. So far the possibilities are very limited although we may be able to report soon on some changes in the market for conversion of existing hybrids to plug-ins.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. EPA declares CO2 a “threat to public health&# Alternative Energy Stocks The Time is Right for Gas-guzzler to Dual-mode EV Conversions Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward The Seven Sins of Greenwashing: Is Everybody Lying? 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYDs plug-in, called the F3DM (for "dual mode"), goes farther on a single charge - 62 miles - than other electric vehicles and sells for about $22,000, less than the plug-in Prius and much-hyped Chevy Volt are expected to cost when they hit the market in late 2010. Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Powered by Blogrunner Previous post The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Third, I dont understand why people feel it available in message chatting to speak in a manner they would doubtless not use in personal conversation. Second, the statement "the rest of your claims" are unanswerably indistinct. Must you say "incredibly idiotic" and "mind numbingly dumb"? It does not reflect well upon you. not an issue.

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