Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) To take one example, batteries. I'm afraid not.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

In a Prius or Civic Hybrid at 50mpg, the trip would have cost about $30 in gas, tolls and parking in Sacto. Electric cars don't emit carbon (or anything else) as they drive, so there's one additional saving quite relevant to speaking at a rally decrying carbon emissions. If you’ve seen the film Who Killed the Electric Car?,

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

Plug-in cars are inevitable. Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. million FedEx will get to replace grid-connected zero emission battery forklifts with fuel cell forklifts. Although the future of plug-in cars looks brighter than ever, our work is cut out for us.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car By G. Phil Bredesen spent part of Earth Day last week test-driving a Nissan prototype all-electric vehicle at the automakers U.S. Coming to public in 12 Nissans first electric car is to go into corporate and government fleets beginning in late 2010.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 19, 2007

The EPRI-NRDC Plug-in Hybrid Study makes clear that under every scenario studied, every region will yield reductions in greenhouse gases as we increase the number of plug-in cars. Of course as our efforts to green the grid take effect, and that's happening already, plug-in cars yield even greater reductions in GHGs.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 20, 2006

As Toyota planned it, we see Prius, they sell Tundra. The movie 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' Phelan quotes Chris Paine: "'We let Toyota off the hook for how they subverted the program' to sell electric cars because GM had a higher profile." The conventional wisdom about the electric car is under attack.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

“The car was powered by thousands of small lithium batteries,” Pohorsky explained. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. That sound bite was captured by Chris Paine when he made Who Killed the Electric Car? , Tesla licensed the technology.” so I’m in the movie.”

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We plugged it in five times, and despite an overall route that skewed more to long-distance highway travel than around-town errands, we managed to do 138 miles on grid electricity alone. Compared to battery-electric cars, plug-in hybrids face two challenges. Default: hybrid, not EV. Do drivers plug it in?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. Photo by Jim Wilson, New York Times. February 15, 2010.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

With the coming solar feed-in tariff legislation moving through Sacramento that will pay us for the extra solar energy we produce and feed back into the grid. Good for the grid, good for you, good for the electric company (who won’t meet their AB 32 state mandates for renewable energy generation without our help).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The previous successful public demonstrations incorporated test drives for a variety of people including legislators, government officials, race car drivers and other interested parties. Todays hybrids have small battery packs and cannot be recharged from the utility grid system.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Peter Rawlinson, Lucid CEO/CTO The Air might have eked out even more miles by adopting the kind of frugal-yet-flabby tires found on, say, a Toyota Prius. The Lucid also integrates its onboard "Wunderbox," a charging unit designed to allow the bi-directional, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) or vehicle-to-vehicle charging of the future.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

Electric cars will continue to be subject to the 9% band. Consideration will be given to abolishing the diesel supplement in company car tax for diesel cars which comply with the future Euro VI emission and air quality standards in advance of their planned introduction in 2014. Greening the Grid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric Cars and The Volt Can Transform America and the Auto Industry TODAY!!! By Seth Leitman Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Electrifying Times gave me the opportunity to attend a General Motors press event showing off the Volt back in late 2008 after just releasing the book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 2nd Edition. a day to charge up!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 22, 2007

In January GM announced the Volt, a smart idea that makes use of the two existing primary energy infrastructures - the electric grid and gasoline stations. With NiMH batteries - those that provide energy to every hybrid on the road and thousands of all-electric cars - the Volt plug-in hybrid could go into production today.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Think is also working closely with the Brussel based Eurelectric , the European union of electricity industry. Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. Creature comforts include air conditioning, power steering, sunroof, and electric windows and mirrors.

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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 How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Email ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed Jonathan Read discusses why electric vehicles and fast-charging systems, not battery-replacement systems such as the one touted by Project Better Place, are the future. Electric motors are generally three times more energy efficient than combustion engines.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 14, 2007

If a driver doesn't have access to a compressor station, they will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car's built-in compressor to refill the tank in about 4 hours. So, in a sense, this is an electric car. It just doesn't have an electric motor.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Because robust grid integration is essential for widespread customer acceptance of electric vehicles, Chrysler has enlisted the involvement of key utility partners, including Duke, ConEd and DTE. Postal Service. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. Follow us on Twitter!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt. They are the top of the top,” Mr. Wang told me, when I visited BYD last year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In the Hawkins Electrical Guide, copy right 1928, there is a entire chapter on electric Automobiles. Now several compies aremaking electric cars. One of them is bringing out a nice looking 4-passenger electric with a 110 mile range. Thats double the milage of a Prius and a lot more fun!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year.

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