EV Adoption

APRIL 8, 2022

But rather, depending on the PHEV‘s driver habits and the PHEV itself, they can actually be really good in helping reduce tailpipe emissions or slightly worse than say a regular Prius hybrid. They require two separate powertrains, are heavier, still use gas and require maintenance like oil changes. New/Revised EV Incentives.

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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.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

They were busy promoting their hybrid cars and their favorite distraction tactic - “Hydrogen Cars” While Toyota did very well with the Prius hybrid car, hedging their bets on hybrid cars in the 2020s seems to me that they seem to still live in the 90s. Why would people buy Toyota ICE cars then? That is absolute nonsense.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

In May 2008, Toyota saw its Prius hybrid car turn it towards profitability in America and it scrapped plans to build a sport utility truck plant in Tupelo, Mississippi and chose to build a Prius plant there instead. Yet when gas prices tumbled later that year, plans for the Prius plant were shelved.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Major Jerry Asher wheels around Arizona in a Toyota Prius hybrid, packing an extra battery and preaching a message to “kick gas” in favor of electric power. can be charged with “American homegrown electrons, not OPEC-related molecules of oil, on regular household electricity,” Asher said.If Army in Washington, D.C.,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Once several thousand people get the opportunity to buy the likes of Nissan’s well made EV, the demand from the early adopters’ friends and family will expand exponentially. will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. Oil vs. electrons.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

The PHEV3A mission is to educate America on becoming independent from imported oil. Convert a car to electric today, or buy an electric EV next year. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around America (PHEV3A) tour with "EV Jerry" Asher began on Earth Day 2008, in front of our Nation’s Capitol. Hybrids are also immediately available.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Seattle says it intends to help develop the charging network; consider incentives for buying and using the cars, and creating charging stations; consider regulatory changes to support the cars, such as streamlined permitting for installing charging outlets; and consider leasing or buying the cars for its fleet.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Duh, heres our $40K volt, buy it please? Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. You also repeat the "peak oil" argument that Ive been reading since the 60s. We have oil!

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 11, 2022

He added that the Wrangler PHEV has been embraced by Jeep’s enthusiasts, pulling one-fourth of the model’s sales and even outselling the Toyota Prius for the first quarter of 2021, taking the title for that time as the best-selling plug-in hybrid in the U.S. Maintenance – Three years for three, no-cost oil changes and tire rotations.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. Instead they could buy back electricity at peak hours from vehicle drivers. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy! Remember its PURE D.C.

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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.&# Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. I would buy a Volt for $40K.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

While a series hybrid is good, the Toyota Prius gets 100 miles per gallon because after the 20 miles of pure EV mode, it kicks into a hybrid-electric car. If you charge up the Toyota Prius PHEV you would get 200 miles per gallon and 40 mile EV range; the same as the Volt. One of the engineers explained to me how the car works.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It seems bizarre that Toyota, champion of hybrids with its Prius model, would express concerns with what appears to be a natural progression from their existing technology. He went on to state that it is “not enough to build niche vehicles that only a few can afford to buy or fulfil only a small subset of customer needs.”.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

Clearly the goal of the cash for clunkers scheme was to revitalise US auto sales – but the underlying target, according to the Obama administration, was also to encourage US drivers towards more fuel efficient vehicles that would ultimately reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. " The feds arent convinced. It is 12 years later.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. Many of the first Prius hybrids that were released are still running strong on their NiMH batteries after 100,000+ miles.

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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."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Part movie spaceship, part oil independence klaxon, the sound fills the cabin and certainly wont appeal to everyone. Can these things add up to make a car that people want to buy? It seems like it still may be cheaper to just buy a well used Lotus Elise and modify it yourself. Luckily, the sound is kind of cool. Small size.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wang, as he’s known, got into the automobile business by buying a failing state-owned carmaker. BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

From April 2010 anyone buying a new car will pay a different rate of vehicles tax in the first year of registration. On April 1st this year the main fuel duty rate increased by 1.84p per litre and the duty of rebated oils (e.g. The new vehicle you want to buy must be: A car or small van weighing up to 3,500kg. Greening the Grid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And we all won’t be driving a Prius either – I’ll have my electric pickup truck in a few years too. Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap. Electricity costs are relatively inexpensive.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Berkshire Hathaway first tried to buy 25% of BYD, but Wang turned down the offer. " One more thing reassured him.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

America needs much smaller cars for many more people so that we can escape the clutches of the loathsome oil interests. Thats double the milage of a Prius and a lot more fun! You can buy it now. Give me a vanilla version without the revenue generating doodads and Ill buy one or two. Maybe three.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. Follow us on Twitter! New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

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