Plugs and Cars

JULY 21, 2007

According to Autos Insider of July 12, 2007 Toyota, which has sold 1 million hybrids worldwide, including 750,000 in the United States, over the last decade, said converting a hybrid risks vehicle fires, and actually increases greenhouse gas emissions. However, the cars can run only short distances before they run out of juice.

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Plug-in Toyota Plug Hybrid 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

This SAE spec would make it so you could go to a gas station and they would have the proper voltage and plug for your car. Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid. but its never even been close to the amount of garbage that gas power vehicles produce.

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Recharge Plug Electric Vehicles 2009 75

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank.

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Charging Batteries Battery 2009 38