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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. It makes no sense to me to own a gas-only car in 2030 or even just a plain hybrid. But what about plug-in hybrids?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. It makes no sense to me to own a gas-only car in 2030 or even just a plain hybrid. But what about plug-in hybrids?

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. 2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. 1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction? htm Advocates of the Th!

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Education Environment Politics Real Estate Joel Connelly Webtowns/Neighborhoods Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. The city has not committed to buying plug-in cars, although it is modifying some hybrid Toyota Priuses to be plug-ins, Nickels said. "We Washington, D.C.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although charging infrastructure is beginning to find its way into cities, it may be awhile until they are available in residential neighborhoods en masse. Please feel free to tell us what you believe to be the benefits of some of the various recharging modes mentioned above in the comments section below.