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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. Nickel-metal hydride batteries, proven for many years in hybrids to be safe, could go into PHEVs today -- they would be designed more like the ones Toyota put in its 2002 RAV4 EV compact all-electric SUV than like current hybrid batteries.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. America needs much smaller cars for many more people so that we can escape the clutches of the loathsome oil interests. Photos: GM, Segway purr about PUMA Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNETs Green Tech blog. E-mail Martin.
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