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Feature: Are Eco-Friendly Cars Expensive to Own?

Clean Fleet Report

Despite higher upfront costs, eco-friendly vehicles are better for not only the planet, but also your wallet. A study conducted by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) compared the lifetime costs of owning a gas-powered vehicle versus that of owning an eco-friendly vehicle. Hybrids and EVs can cost you less.

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How Automotive Dealerships Can Save Money with Battery Energy Storage

Blink Charging

A BESS can assist an automotive dealership in cost savings by allowing them to charge during peak times when electricity rates are at their lowest and utilize the stored energy during periods of higher electricity rates. Incorporating a BES system can aid in lowering the operational costs of a DC fast charger. per kilowatt-hour (kWh).

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Anderman report sees strongest growth for full-hybrid systems; Li-ion batteries for hybrids may be in short supply

Green Car Congress

of total vehicle sales by 2020, the more significant story is the rapid expansion of strong-hybrid vehicles led by Toyota, Ford, and Honda, followed by Hyundai, Nissan and others. All four produce prismatic cells with nickel-based cathodes, a design favored by the HEV industry leaders Toyota, Ford, and Honda.

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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Sienna Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The nickel metal hydride battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting. Road Test: 2021 Honda Odyssey. [ Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Your numbers may differ. See image gallery at cleanfleetreport.com ].

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." "By partnering with these two industries. Ford and SCE will explore whether these batteries have other uses that could reduce their cost to consumers.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. Are the batteries recyclable?

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Their solution to the cost of thenew-generation batteries is to separate them from the car itself. Buyerswill purchase the car – at about the same price as a conventional model –but lease the batteries from a third-party energy supplier for a monthly feeequivalent to the fuel costs for an economical petrol or diesel car.