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At Home with Bob Lutz

Revenge of the Electric Car

She was in town for a little business and a little fun—test driving the next Volt mule. If Chelsea’s ear-to-ear grin was anything to go by, the Volt seemed to be progressing fine. We took Chelsea on a ride on the People Mover to get her reaction to the downsizing of the company she once belonged to and her test drive of the Volt.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

Plug-in and fully electric cars operate between 200 and 800 volts. There isn’t an electric car for sale in New Zealand today that has scored less than a total five-star ANCAP rating. Throughout 2022, we will be releasing more EV myth-busting resources. Essentially, the risk is no greater in an EV than in an ICE.

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Study finds testing the technology the strongest initial motivation for fleet managers adopting EVs

Green Car Congress

As such, the theory regarding fleet manager EV adoption should be updated now that the automobiles are available for sale and revealed consumer behavior (empirical data) can be analyzed. EVs face barriers to adoption because they are a radical environmental technology. 2014.05.022.

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Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

Green Car Congress

A software upgrade, retailing for $2,000 to $2,500, will be made available for sale later this month to new and existing conversion kit customers. PICC’s existing conversion kit allows Prius owners to recharge their vehicles in six hours using a regular 120-volt outlet, or in as little as two hours with an optional high-capacity charger.

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PIP Declares Victory

Plug In Partners

PHEV s allow for optimization of readily available clean-energy resources and represent a sustainable transportation solution that can be delivered today. The Chevy Volt , a plug-in electric car, will have the battery power to take most American drivers to and from work every day without using any gasoline at all.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

TVA and its independent power distributors are "going to be heavily impacted by the introduction of electric vehicles  as we add tens of thousands and possibly millions of these vehicles onto our highways," said Ken Breeden, TVAs executive vice president for customer resources. Source: Nissan North America Inc.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

You can fill it up at the gas station, and you can plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The GREET 1.6

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