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Electric Vehicle Glossary: The Complete list of Electric Car Related Terms

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Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV) : Read Series Hybrid. It includes grants towards the purchase price, free parking, zero road tax, low company car tax, and exemption from city emissions and congestion charges. Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) : A vehicle that emits no tailpipe pollutants from the onboard source of power.

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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Thats probably going to be the most popular arrangement for electric cars for consumers, as they will want their vehicles to have extended range for highway trips in areas where charging facilities arent readily available, said Joe Hoagland, TVAs vice president for environmental science, technology and policy. No gasoline.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. Fuel cell cars should be plug-in hybrids so that the fuel cell is used only for extended range, and the fuel cell stack and hydrogen storage can be smaller. How can I help?

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Virtually any car, truck or bus can be made or redesigned as a long-range PHEV. It is only a matter of economics motivated by incentives or taxes. The so-called Extended Range Electric Vehicle or EREV or BEVx. This concept is basically a PHEV with a smaller “range-extended liquid-fuel-powered electric generator.”

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. The resulting fuel efficiency improvements mean lower CO2 emissions and less fossil fuel consumption and, therefore, less pollution. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

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