Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

The ubiquitous SUV, crossover or truck have become the belle of the ball, getting all the attention while the poor four-door sedan is like the kid that gets picked last for the baseball team. The ride is comfortable, with little wind noise, and only the harshest road imperfections transmitted sounds to the cabin. Capable, not sporty.

Hyundai 83

Hyundai Hybrid Fuel Economy MPG 83

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How about a car-mounted wind-generator? Nickel-metal hydride batteries, proven for many years in hybrids to be safe, could go into PHEVs today -- they would be designed more like the ones Toyota put in its 2002 RAV4 EV compact all-electric SUV than like current hybrid batteries. See our How to Get a PHEV page for more information.

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind.

Grid 28

Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28