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PSU, Partners to Evaluate Toyota Prius PHEV

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Portland State University (PSU) and its Oregon partners, including Portland General Electric, have been selected by Toyota as one of six groups nationally to demonstrate and evaluate the next-generation Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV). Portland State University will administer the program regionally.

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OpinionAn open letter to Ford from a customer

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I thought my 2013 C-MAX would be a Prius Killer? For the record, during the last three years I have leased both a 2010 Prius and 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid, and consider myself an experienced hyper-miler. My mileage in the Prius is 50-plus, the Insight is 40-plus. South Portland, Maine. Ronald Kramer Yankee Ford Customer.

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Plasma Boy's Silver Streak to Seattle

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I get asked this question quite a bit: Why not take a light, aerodynamic hybrid - like a Prius - and convert it into an all-electric car?

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Toyota chooses Prius Plug-in demonstration venue

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Oregon has been keenly competing with California for the title of America’s greenest state and now it has been rewarded for its efforts as it has been chosen as one the sites for Toyota’s Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle programme.

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Whiplash and Burning Rubber: EV Drag Racers on NPR

Electric Cars are for Girls

We EV grinners are not all hypermiling Prius owners, apparently. Here's a great interview on NPR with a couple of electric drag racers at the Wayland Invitational in Portland last month. My favorite quotes: Mike Willmon (to the reporter riding next to him in the electric Pinto): "You've got the EV grin." like to have fun."

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Whiplash and Burning Rubber: EV Drag Racers on NPR

Electric Cars are for Girls

We EV grinners are not all hypermiling Prius owners, apparently. Here's a great interview on NPR with a couple of electric drag racers at the Wayland Invitational in Portland last month. My favorite quotes: Mike Willmon (to the reporter riding next to him in the electric Pinto): "You've got the EV grin." like to have fun."

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Polk: 35% of hybrid owners buying hybrids again

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If repurchase behavior among the high-volume audience of Toyota Prius owners isn’t factored in, hybrid loyalty drops to less than 25%. As an example, the Honda Civic is the second most cross-shopped vehicle among both Toyota Prius and Honda Insight shoppers. Hybrid vehicles represent 2.4%

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