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Volkswagen to introduce Golf plug-in hybrid at Geneva; first deliveries in autumn

Green Car Congress

This variety of products—the Golf TSI (including GTI); Golf TDI (including GTD); Golf TGI (powered by CNG); e-Golf; and Golf GTE—is made possible by the modular transverse matrix assembly kit, abbreviated to MQB (modularen Querbaukasten). The Golf GTE offers combined cycle fuel economy (provisional) of about 157 mpg US (1.5

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Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

Green Car Congress

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell models ( earlier post ) are joining the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project. The LHNE project, a government-backed initiative co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board, will put hydrogen-fueled vehicles into daily business use and deliver the refueling infrastructure to support their operation.

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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

Add more batteries as they become cheaper and more energy-dense, dump the engine; or, for the more fantasy-minded and those receiving compensation, add hydrogen fuel cell and drop the engine.) But PHEVs are inherently the most complicated of all options. Throw the ZEV mandate into the mix, and maybe we've got something.

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CalCars' PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We now have three working converted prototypes (both described in Fact Sheet above, shown in photos and here ): The Calcars first proof-of-concept: (100+ mpg plus electricity, 10-mile electric range, now with temporary lead-acid battery pack, soon to be replaced by nickel metal-hydride batteries).

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Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

By comparison, conventional hybrids must rely on gasoline-powered engines to recharge their batteries and get between 40 and 60 mpg. The biggest government spenders on auto research, the federal government and the state of California, remain focused not on hybrids but on fuel-cell-powered cars that use hydrogen.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits. Formed in 2002, our efforts for "100+MPG Hybrids" took off when we built PRIUS+ , the worlds first plug-in Prius). Forget Hydrogen, Forget Hydrogen, Forget Hydrogen ". 2008.03.20 - New rechargeit.blogspot.com about PHEVs. James Woolsey, former director of the CIA.

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Road Test: 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV 2LT

Clean Fleet Report

Additional safety features are a tire pressure monitoring system, a tire inflator kit, keyless push button on/off and OnStar. In a few short years it will be nearly impossible to find a mainstream manufacturer that does not have a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, EV or hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Push & pull to go.