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As EV Sales Stall, Plug-In Hybrids Get a Reboot

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What they got wrong was assuming that all of those vehicles would run on battery power alone, with gasoline-electric hybrid technology bound for the technological scrap heap. Power survey also showed low levels of satisfaction among PHEV owners. Automakers got one thing right: Electrified cars are the future.

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Coda Explains Low Battery Plan Or How To Ease Range Anxiety Once Underway

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The first EV from Santa Monica based Coda Automotive is coming to fleets and a limited number of individual buyers in late 2010, but we're getting a preview of how the car will handle running low on battery power already.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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That series unexpectedly swore off gasoline and staged its first all-electric race on 13-14 August in Hell, Norway. Porsche AG Even the engineers of Porsche, born with gasoline in their veins, are learning new tricks in this electric lab. The latest is World Rallycross , a wild-and-wooly mix of off-road rallying and tarmac sections.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Kempton and Letendre’s. In the UK, experiments are.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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Stuff We Use: Under Pressure (Washers)

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For ages, this writer used a gasoline-powered pressure washer, firm in the belief it ran better and more reliably than any cheap electric plug-in unit ever would. battery-powered household tools have come a long way from the Bad Old Days – and are even light years ahead in terms of performance than those on sale just a few years ago.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. What the Volt has that electric cars lack is the ability to extend its range by means of burning gasoline, the most popular fuel among cars in the US.

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