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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Zipcar offers more than 60 different makes and models of vehicles, including Audis, BMWs, Mini Coopers, pickup trucks, Prius hybrids and more. Enterprise Car Share Although Enterprise is known as a car rental giant, they have expanded into cars sharing in 2005, later featuring a program rich in hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric cars.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

Green Car Congress

He served as the chief engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003 and holds 12 patents. CPI is initially focusing on battery systems for what Patil calls xEVs—the range of electrified vehicles from simple hybrids through full electric vehicles—“ so we don’t stretch ourselves too thin. ” it would bring down the neighborhood.

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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

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? The plug in hybrid question is a great one, and it is one that I still think is open.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

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? The plug in hybrid question is a great one, and it is one that I still think is open.