Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Toyota loaned 28 Prius Plug-in Hybrid demonstration program vehicles to the study and Xcel Energy installed smart plugs in the garages of study households. Households created distinct methods of managing their vehicle charging based on personal preferences, pricing and convenience. Each household used the car for one nine-week period.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2016

This means that magnetic fringe fields decrease rapidly to levels well below limits set by international standards, including inside the vehicle, to ensure personal safety. Toyota provided several vehicles for the research, including RAV4s, a Scion and a Plug-in Prius. —Madhu Chinthavali.

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Charging Vehicles Toyota Plug-in 150

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. These European designs are perfectly good EVs, although their limited battery range and high price compared to the gasoline versions are major drawbacks. as a 1999 model.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In a new study, a team from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Ford Research and Advanced Engineering set out to determine the optimal mix for the fleet of mid-size personal vehicles in the US—while maintaining current driving patterns—with the goals of minimizing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) or cost. Click to enlarge.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Electric Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

He shared with the audience his roller coaster analogy: Any person who is interested in riding a roller coaster isn’t looking for the safest roller coaster they can find. Gasoline may cost between $3-$5 while you own this vehicle. ” Why is the Prius a success? Second, the Prius has a high quality of execution.

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Market Green Prius Re-Charge 170

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 21, 2006

But with change in personnel comes change in personal networks. Woolsey's gasoline-only Prius has a "Bin Laden Hates My Car" sticker, but he knows the only way to cut the cord in the near term is cars with an electrical plug. Woolsey, pictured right, holding the plug for Felix Kramer's Plug-in Prius.)

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Auto Oklahoma Prius Alternative Fuels 100

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

The electric sofas and scooters were so much cooler - and quieter - than the gasoline powered stinkers that predominate. The founders of Google have made personal investments in Tesla as befits dotcom billionaires, and they're converting Priuses to plug-in hybrids for the company fleet with battery maker A123.

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NiMH Google Prius EPRI 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

The 2012 Camry again offers three powertrain choices, all of which have been enhanced for 2012 to provide better fuel economy and more responsive performance: a revised 2.5L, 4-cylinder gasoline engine; an enhanced 3.5-liter Camry Hybrid and Prius family. Gasoline-only models. New EV and ECO modes added.

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Fuel Economy Camry Hybrid Economy 2012 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2014

The gasoline-powered Mazda 5 small four-door wagon is rated poor. The other two are the 2014 Kia Forte, a small car, and the 2012 Prius v, a mid-size hybrid. The Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle and the Ford C-MAX Hybrid earned an acceptable rating in this test, while the battery-electric Nissan LEAF earned a poor rating.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 20, 2006

Toyota's revelation Tuesday that it will develop a new " plug-in hybrid" - which uses a wall socket at night to charge and relies on an electric motor to go many miles before sipping any gasoline - could presage a major shift in automotive technology , some industry analysts say. But gasoline prices have since soared to more than $3 a gallon.

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Toyota Gasoline-Electric Plug-in Plug 100

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris : The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline. Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times.

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EV1 Los Angeles Hydrogen GM 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

Fay says that the company is planning to sell the full complement of 2,600 RAV EVs in California, plus 30,000 Prius plug-in hybrids and to introduce iQ EV urban car sharing programs to achieve ZEV compliance. The target buyers have strong personal convictions on the environment, oil use, and cutting edge technology. “

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Toyota California Tesla EPA 281

EV Adoption

APRIL 8, 2022

But rather, depending on the PHEV‘s driver habits and the PHEV itself, they can actually be really good in helping reduce tailpipe emissions or slightly worse than say a regular Prius hybrid. PHEVs use gasoline: PHEVs still have a gas engine which is “bad and evil” as they run on fossil fuels.

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PHEV Tax Credit Tax Plug-in 52

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

CalCars Plug-In Hybrids page has a good explanation; Ron Grembans PHEVs: the Technical Side presentation notes follows up with a technical overview of gasoline vs. flex-fuel vs. Diesel vs. hybrid vs. plug-in hybrid vehicles, followed by the (positive) social implications of PHEVs and especially flex-fuel PHEVs.

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PHEV Prius Gasoline-Electric Plug-in 49

Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

We filled the place, which had a 225-person capacity,” said Jerry Pohorsky, another former EVA board member who has served as EAASV chapter president for 11 of the past 13 years. “It Wright also developed the Wrightspeed X1 , an EV sports car known for beating gasoline-powered sports cars in a drag race.“I It was standing room only.

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EV1 San Jose California Motorcycles 52

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. Only government incentives and mandates for production can take the Volt, or a plug-in Prius for that matter, from green spin to showrooms.

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Volt NiMH GM Plug-in 100

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusastists, One & All - Still catching up per Green Festival (as of Sunday, 1 Nov 09) where EVADC did have a black Prius PHEV with a solar trailer for showing at the Teens Zone. with this EVJerr's original "copied & pasted" item to the EVADC list serv. 3 Daughter Nellie's future).

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Green 2009 DC PHEV 36

Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. “We’re excited about being able to market a car that will never use a drop of gasoline.&#. Consumers will lease the battery at a cost that, including charging, will match what they would have paid for gasoline.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The Volt runs on an electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery pack, but also has an onboard gasoline-powered charging system to help extend the cars range when a charging station isnt available. 4 of 4) That could involve high-voltage charging stations that people could pull into as they do at gasoline stations. No gasoline.

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Tennessee Nissan Electric Cars Cars 53

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And we all won’t be driving a Prius either – I’ll have my electric pickup truck in a few years too. Without gasoline, today’s transportation fails. Consumer confidence in electric transportation is growing – aided in no small part by $4 to $5 gallons of gasoline.

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Charging Battery Batteries Nickel Metal Hydride 30

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

He is touring America with the Spirit of DC, a plug-in hybrid electric Toyota Prius. where the tour started, as in direct current, its power source, or as one person suggested to him, “drive carefully”. His car doesn’t make any noise. It’s electric. Asher said the DC on the car can be as in Washington, D.C.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

It is reminiscent of the early 1900’s, when steam, electric, diesel, biomass, and gasoline power options competed on a level playing field for consumers’ attention. In the end, gasoline won out because it was the cheapest and delivered the most energy per unit, but it took 20 years to sort out. I’m sick of hearing about the Prius….I

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Manufacturer Electric Cars Cars i-MiEV 34

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space.

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Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. tons of carbon dioxide.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

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Dodge Circuit Dodge Electric Cars Chrysler 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

vehicles splattered all over YouTube videos  most of which are retrofitted Toyota Prius cars  this baby is actually what we in the auto industry like to call a light truck, a category that includes big pickups, vans and SUVs. • BRIGHT AUTOMOTIVE: Unwrapping the 100 m.p.g. car Because unlike the 100 m.p.g. Yep, a truck.

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IDEA Detroit Bright Automotive Water 57

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

The last time a production model of an electric car had traveled from coast to coast was in 1998, when an EV-1 made the journey without consuming an ounce of gasoline. This converted Toyota Prius is another type of Plug-in --a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). This time it would be with a Tesla Motors Roadster!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. Many of the first Prius hybrids that were released are still running strong on their NiMH batteries after 100,000+ miles.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

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