Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The magazine all but savaged the car, calling it "full of flaws" and deeming its touchscreen controls an "ergonomic disaster." The well-respected Consumer Reports doesn't pull any punches, and its review of the 2012 Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedan is no exception.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2011

An all-new hybrid retrofit market will emerge and grow to a half million vehicles total by 2020, according to Protean Electric, which has developed an in-wheel motor electric drive system for light-duty vehicles. The vast majority of this new hybrid retrofit market will come from converting light duty government and commercial fleets.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2015

(KS) awarded the 2015 Energy and Environment Prize to the Volkswagen Group for the plug-in hybrids Golf GTE ( earlier post ) and Audi A3 e-tron ( earlier post). Despite strong competition, the awards committee was unanimous in its choice of the plug-in hybrids from Volkswagen. The organization Kraftfahrerschutz e.V.,

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 9, 2007

In Stockholm and LA it was just the BioPower 100, a 100% ethanol fueled hybrid. A premature press release identified it as a plug-in, but that was withdrawn and the plug was not to be found. Although Plenty magazine identifies it as a plug-in, nothing in the press material I found confirms this.

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Green Fleet Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Mazda provided more details about its first-ever 2024 CX-90 before its premiere in early 2023.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

They did an excellent issue of their magazine analysing the pros and cons of hybrids, plug-ins, electrics, bio-fuels of all types and hydrogen with a Consumer Reports type objectivity. They are mounting a campaign to move the automakers away from ethanol and toward plug-ins.

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Green Fleet Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Plug-in hybrid vehicles can reduce fleets’ carbon emissions as well as range anxiety. This analysis shows the positive impacts of proper PHEV use, and the negative environmental and financial consequences if your drivers aren’t plugging them in.

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Green Fleet Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The lineup of Volvo cars features mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fully electric vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 17, 2023

On hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric vehicles and some fuel cell vehicles. With regenerative braking, hybrids & EVs save on brake wear The potential for KERS technology extends beyond transportation. See more at E Magazine. KERS technology is described as regenerative braking.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Until yesterday that is, when Top Gear Magazine caught everyone off guard by announcing that its Luxury Car of The Year was none other than the $95,900 Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid. For as long as we can remember, there’s been an ongoing love-to-hate relationship between the BBC's Top Gear show and electric cars.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. Default: hybrid, not EV.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

A recent report printed by the Norwegian Automobile Federation’s magazine, Motor , the downward trend in sales for ICE cars has been so consistent and steep that the last new ICE car to be sold in Norway could happen just seven months from now, in April 2022. And conventional hybrids make up less than 10% of new car sales anyway.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 generates 780 metric horsepower; another 220 hp comes from the plug-in hybrid’s electric motors. Ferrari As Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid, the SF90 integrates a trio of electric motors. Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. But that leaves two wheels and 220 hp unaccounted for.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

The IEEE Spectrum Magazine for November 07 touts on its cover "Battery or Fuel-Cell Cars? Thanks to Plug In America 's predecessor DontCrush.com , about 1000 of those cars still drive today on the original batteries using existing electric infrastructure. Every car maker has announced intentions to plug something in.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. which produces hybrid and electric drivetrains for small, medium and large vehicles. Dr. Frank is also CTO and co-founder of Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

From the pricey ads in national magazines devoting serious space to the Volt to today's announcement about the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue, GM is compelling me to take their expressed interest in plug-in cars seriously. Leaving wiggle room, "2009-ish" brand general manager Jill Lajdziak said Thursday.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 30, 2008

A nother major manufacturer is jumping on the plug in hybrid bandwagon. If all goes as planned, VW is hoping to introduce the technology on vehicles by 2010, that magical year when plug-in electric vehicles being promised by multiple automakers are supposed to hit the world's roads. But, there's also a 2.0-liter

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 27, 2012

BMW is planning a third electric model for its new ‘i’ ‘Born Electric’ range, according to Germany’s Autobild magazine. It is believed that the car maker could be planning a to launch an i5 compact MPV model in 2015 to complement its first two electric models; the i3 electric supermini and the i8 plug-in hybrid [.].

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 1, 2023

He has been working with electric vehicles (EVs) since 1986, when he was involved with electric and hybrid development in the bus industry. We started off with a bang,” recalled Erb. Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Add to Mixx Add to Newsvine Add to Connotea Add to CiteUlike Add to Furl Googlize this Add to Rojo Add to MyWeb Favorite Print E-mail The price of green: The Fisker Karma, on display at the New York Auto Show, is a plug-in hybrid that can run on batteries alone for 50 miles. Price: $87,000. It takes the Volt about 9 seconds.)

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2007

The magazine's Ben Stewart took the all electric car (3 wheeler) for a 20 mile spin in Carlsbad CA. And plans for a serial plug-in hybrid. Well, Popular Mechanics asked and the Aptera folks let them in. And he came back impressed. There's video , lots of stills and most of the basic stats you'd want to know. 300mpg, they say.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Slate, the online magazine, has an enviro Q&A column, The Green Lantern , that asks the question today. Every electric car advocate is asked the same question every day: Are EVs really cleaner, greener, better for the environment? The long tailpipe, and all that. percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We We are thinking about plug-in hybrids, but we aren’tthinking about commercializing one right away,” Fukui said.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 16, 2007

David Roberts is a staff writer at Grist , an online enviro magazine. Putting renewable electricity into plug-in cars would move to the top of any such coherent enviro agenda, and of course ethanol moves down. It's about the plug, stupid. He's written a piece in TomPaine.com that deserves attention.

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Driivz

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Or make your own recyclable gift wrap by using newspapers, brown paper with twine, or magazine pages. Unlike gas-powered cars or hybrids, zero-emission EVs run entirely on electricity. While it can be as simple as plugging the car into the outlet, you can do much more with a smart charger. Sustainable Christmas trees.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Learn About Plug-ins What Are Plug-ins? Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? 3 CARB Date with Destiny Move CARB Forward Plug In America Podcasts! Where Can I Buy One? 4 Great Gifts!

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2008

in Mother Jones magazine recounts his story and raises questions: "Chu's role in creating the Energy Biosciences Institute may inform his approach to governing the Department of Energy, a major governmental underwriter of research, and one that will face pressure to partner with corporations in pursuing technological solutions to climate change.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

advocacy group Plug In America.&#. . advocacy group Plug In America.&#. This Christian Science Monitor article takes an in-depth look at an age. old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. percent of $1.9 “There is.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2009

O 4 as the main candidate) to support a 10-mile electric range plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV 10) application. O 4 as the main candidate) to support a 10-mile electric range plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV 10) application. EnerDel is currently wrapping up an 18-month, $2.5 spinel cathode (LiMn 1.5

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

No doubt you’ve seen it, whether here on TTAC, other websites or magazines (GASP! Is this new Prius Prime a plugged-in pile of dung on a freshly-waxed showroom floor, or is it a genuinely graceful bird spreading its’ wings? For those not down with the Toyota nomenclature, Prime stands for plug-in hybrid. or on the roads.

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2009

This would support a 10mile electric range plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. EnerDel and Argonne have also co-operated on the development of the lithium titanate battery chemistry, for which they shared the research and development 100 Award for excellence in technology from R&D Magazine.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. car when tech-savvy types can configure one in their garage by rewiring their existing hybrids. Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. The 100 m.p.g.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

In order for plug-in electric vehicles to become part of the mainstream, a plug-in ecosystem must be in place when vehicles like the Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle hit the market," GM said on its company FastLane blog. "In Its enough of a pain when I accidentally leave my cell phone charger on my desk.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. And yet, what about recharging? We live in a townhouse in a row of townhouses.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. And yet, what about recharging? We live in a townhouse in a row of townhouses.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism. Lotus Engineering and Harmon International, two heavyweights in their respective industries, have teamed up to create a new technology known as Electronic Sound Synthesis (ESS).

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