All Cars Electric
FEBRUARY 9, 2010
It's impossible not to eavesdrop on the other parents' conversations when I pick up my kindergartener from school. It's a wholly unscientific but usually accurate way to find out what's top-of-mind with people here in the Midwest — unemployment, strep throat, American Idol, and the auto industry.
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 2, 2007
Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Bonnie Holms-Gen of the Lung Association were there to lend their voices of protest against the auto industry's continuing legal assault on California. In a Prius or Civic Hybrid at 50mpg, the trip would have cost about $30 in gas, tolls and parking in Sacto.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 22, 2009
The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. They are innovators.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. • BRIGHT AUTOMOTIVE: Unwrapping the 100 m.p.g.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. By then, theyll probably cost well under $1,000.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# So the Volt would cost $32,500–not so much more than what people are reportedly paying for the Prius. The demand-is-everything argument is the cop-out line from the auto industry and our lovely government.
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