CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
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. Unfortunately you can no longer buy a new highway-capable production electric vehicle in the U.S.
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