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Zipcar introduces Honda Fit EV into UC Davis West Village fleet

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The new Honda Fit EV at UC Davis is located at West Village Square right across the street from West Village’s other Zipcar, a Honda Insight, in front of “The Hub Market.” In the course of a year, the community is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes. Zipcar has had vehicles on campus at UC Davis since 2009.

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Rav4 EV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2002 Toyota Rav4 EV VIN: 2630 - purchased 12/16/2002 For more fun, please click tabs at the top Rav4EV Discussion Group Signup Page In December, 2002, we purchased our 2002 Rav4EV. “What about the Honda Insight?&# Im told that it has mildly better acceleration performance than its ICE counterpart.

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

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In the L1, the 1-liter car that was shown in 2002 and 2009, the driver and passenger sat behind each other for optimal aerodynamics; in the XL1, the two occupants sit slightly offset, side by side, almost as in a conventional vehicle. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Please see the related Hybridcars.com article Are Hybrid Batteries Toxic?

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