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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

Lately Goldman has been driving one around DC, meeting with policy makers and pushing for consumer incentives for hybrid conversions. See my 7/12 post Plug-in Hybrid Bills in Congress Scare Auto Makers ) With the addition of the A123 battery module, a Prius gets between 125 and 175 mpg.

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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

Green Car Congress

With seating for five, the 2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid is expected to achieve a manufacturer-estimated 87 mpge (miles per gallon equivalent) in combined driving and 49 mpg in hybrid mode, or 2.7 Toyota’s goal was to reduce the cost, weight and volume of the pack from the NiMH system used earlier. VDC up to 650 volts DC.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

February 2007 (Washington, DC) Jackson EMC electricity cooperative by EnergyCS, February 2007 (Jefferson, GA), contact ashedd@jacksonemc.com GreenTomato Cars by Amberjac/EnergyCS, February 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk or s.peeraer@spinnovation.com. View full size photo. Contact info: John Joyce. Contact LMirisola@.

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