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Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

Green Car Congress

Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp. kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Ewert Energy Systems video (handheld) of driving a Prius PHEV conversion at highway speeds.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

has to say about their program: The program was approved on March 1, 2009. Brad Bartz at the PV Street Fair on behalf of the SBESC / photo by Creative Greenius (c) 2009. Plug In Conversions Corp. Previous Prius conversion kits have been limited by Toyota programming to a top speed of 34 mph in all-electric mode.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

By Robert Gammon January 14, 2009. The conversion can double or even triple fuel economy, thereby severely limiting carbon dioxide emissions. And around town, we were virtually all electric except for a brief stretch in excess of 34 mph on Gilman Street, or when a new driver hit the gas pedal too hard during acceleration.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. April 17, 2009 12:22 pm Link I don’t see how the Telsa Sedan would be an advantage. April 17, 2009 12:34 pm Link Perhaps they should turbo charge the Volt or Telsa to run more like this electric powered Datsun drag racer: [link] American’s love a hot rod. — Goodbye 2.

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