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National Plug In Day(s), Sept 28-29

Electric Cars are for Girls

National Plug In Day is a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today''s widespread availability of plug-in vehicles and highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more.

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Can I Build My Own Plug-In Hybrid?

Electric Cars are for Girls

I want to add electric motors to my Dodge pickup, to be able to plug in and charge for running errands, 15 mile round trip to work in.

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Plug-in Hybrid for Extreme Range

Electric Cars are for Girls

Why doesn't anyone try to run their EV motor with power supplied from an alternator/power generator? Hi, Jason - They do. Here's an interview with

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Turn My Big RV Into a Plug-In Hybrid?

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I've got a 31 Ft RV that gets 8.5 Would an AC electric motor or 2 in conjunction with the 8.1 liter gas engine increase the gas mileage in an.

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EV Fest 2012 Electric Vehicle Show in Toronto

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Fall 2012 marks the fourth EV Fest, a show devoted to showing OEM and Personally converted Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrids, eBikes, Electric Scooters, Trikes, EV components and supplies." Sunday, Sept. 9 2012 at The Pavilions in Toronto.

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Regenerative Hybrid Electric Car Conversion

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I want to convert my VW Cabrio (Rabbit/Golf) to a regenerative hybrid (just an onboard gasoline generator is fine) with plug-in and onboard solar charging.

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Electric Police Car

Electric Cars are for Girls

Opel has come out with a range-extended electric police car (a plug-in hybrid, like the Chevy Volt) for the European market. The advantage of electric police cars, according to the report, is that they can be silent and sneaky. 36 thousand Euros after the VAT, though?

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