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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wakefield, 1998 "Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition "Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C. htm Advocates of the Th!

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because carmakers can build them now, with todays technology and using todays infrastructure. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). The GREET 1.6

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"Spirit of DC's" Visit at Tioga HS in Groveland is Front Page News in The Union Democrat, Monday, 26 January 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Plug-in hybrids use the same technology as current hybrids, but have a more powerful battery that can be recharged via a standard electrical outlet. Any 2004 or newer Toyota Prius can hook up to the battery, which costs about $5,000. Biodiesel can be made from ethanol or used cooking oil. “We can do this now.

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

Green Car Congress

Volvo has also emphasized friction reduction in its VEA family, using a variety of techniques including improved roundness of the cylinder bore, which results in very low tangential piston ring forces, a variable oil pump and new low viscosity engine oil. The XC90 was the Nº 1 selling European luxury SUV in 2004.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

CalCars PRIUS+/Ron Gremban, Fall 2004 Ron Gremban, CalCars team; initially with EnergyCS technology (not used in redesigned conversion) Marin County, CA info@calcars.org 2. John Clinton, 2004 Prius+ PbA conversion, EAA-PHEV , January 2008, (Alexandria, VA). Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org. Contact mike@. Green Gears, Inc.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The battery can be recharged by plugging the car into any electrical socket and allows the Prius to run entirely on electricity for speeds up to 34 miles per hour. They claimed the vehicles weren’t popular with most consumers because the car’s battery had a limited range of 60 to 100 miles before having to be recharged.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Detroit Free Press ).

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