Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Chambers Williams III • THE TENNESSEAN• April 26, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share Del.icio.us See instructions for fixing the problem. Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car By G. Whether a real electric vehicle can work on the highway is still a big question," he said. No gasoline.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. These vehicles are expected to range in price from about $40,000 to more than $100,000. All will qualify for a $7,500 federal tax credit. is 50 mph and its nominal range is 50 miles; it retails for about $12,000. Are You Plugged In?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Here is the full text of the entire article (in case the link goes bad). The Volt, which GM prefers to call an extended-range electric vehicle, doesn’t use its internal combustion engine for propulsion, relying entirely on an electric drive system. and complete the circle. URL: [link].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

a rolling death-wish on skinny tires 157 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 TEG 3:09PM (4/24/2009) "Because of the nature of the event, there was no demonstration of heart-stopping acceleration or sure-footedness through a slalom." 15 days ago AutoblogGreen for 03.31.09

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. Please see the related Hybridcars.com article Are Hybrid Batteries Toxic? Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The head of Chryslers ENVI division, Lou Rhodes, told AutoblogGreen this morning that Chrysler is marketing this battery-only version of the van to commercial fleet customers who typically have shorter range requirements. The extended-range version will be focused on retail customers. 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Virtually any car, truck or bus can be made or redesigned as a long-range PHEV. It is only a matter of economics motivated by incentives or taxes. The so-called Extended Range Electric Vehicle or EREV or BEVx. This concept is basically a PHEV with a smaller “range-extended liquid-fuel-powered electric generator.”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

For extended range I guess one could carry a fairly modest generator set in the trunk to avoid ever being stranded. The biggest problem with recharging at home - as already alluded to in the article, is that electric cars are mostly marketed as city vehicles. my idea is that it would work the way propane tanks work now.

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