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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. The good news?

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Escape PHEV Titanium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The 2022 Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is powered by a 2.5-liter Running on 87 octane, the front wheels (all-wheel drive is not available) are driven through a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) that has five driver selectable drive modes of Eco, Normal, Sport, Slippery and Snow/Sand.

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Road Test: 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

What the Corsair PHEV does, or should do, is open the brand to a new audience who will consider buying a Lincoln for the first time. The 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, powered by a 2.5-liter Other Premium Plug-ins: News: 2023 Lexus Hybrids, PHEVs & EVs.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 If electric vehicles are going to stand a chance against petro-based cars, standards are a must. You should check both spelling and grammer before you post a breaking news story.

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PHEV's and Water Consumption

Plug In Partners

The same commute in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), meanwhile, would take a whopping 318 gallons. All told, electric miles necessitate threefold the water consumption and 17 times the water withdrawal of gasoline miles. That is 879 million gallons of crude oil per year. million gallons per day.

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

Cars That Think

As she drives her electric vehicle to her mother’s house, Monique’s battery gauge indicates that it’s time to reenergize. This battery, though, uses a completely new kind of fluid, called a nanoelectrofuel. To shrink them enough to fit in electric vehicles, you need to raise their energy density to that of lithium-ion batteries.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years. Like this post? About Gas 2.0

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