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Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist vessels going battery-electric; ABB power and propulsion

Green Car Congress

Batteries will be recharged for seven minutes after each trip to 80% capacity, allowing for maximum efficiency and battery life. The Maid of the Mist’s conversion to an all-electric fleet is a bold move that shows the world we take our commitment to lowering carbon emissions seriously.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

We’re now in the crisis CalCars knew, when we began in 2002, would some day arrive. (We Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. We won’t need new power plants, since we have enough off-peak electricity to recharge as many retrofits as we can build. No one can make that promise.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? You dont have to plug it in.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

See also our EAA-PHEV:General disclaimer talk : Disclaimer edit Please visit the Conversion Interest page to help us gauge DIYers interest! Current Hybrids are natural donor platforms because they already have most of the needed electric propulsion components, so the conversion process deals primarily with integrating larger battery packs.A

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