Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. They knew about hybrids and after a couple of times riding in our Prius, they decided to pull the trigger on two 2006s with 180k km (112k miles). What is it like to drive a hybrid?
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
The current plunge in oil prices will likely negatively affect plug-in and hybrid vehicle sales in the short term; automakers such as BMW are already warning of lower sales of plug-in vehicles given the market context. For car buyers, this plummeting oil index results is lower gasoline prices when refueling. gallon to about $2.1/gallon.
Green Car Congress
MAY 11, 2019
Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada), with a colleague in Sweden, have used a power management strategy greatly to extend the durability of onboard fuel cells in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle: an increase of 1.8, The arrows in the diagram indicate the electrical connection for the power flow. 2019.02.040.
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Consumer Reports has concluded its annual car reliability survey and the resulting data for 2023 has not been kind to all-electric vehicles. Plug-in hybrids were even worse with 146 percent more issues. The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs.
Baua Electric
MAY 22, 2023
expects gross sales and benefit margins from its inner combustion engine automobiles to develop for no less than the then two years ahead of the industrywide transition to electrical automobiles begins to truncate that trade. ICE and hybrid sales well into the next decade.” DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. by means of 2026.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2014
The project “Reduced energy consumption by massive thermoelectric waste heat recovery in light-duty trucks” ( HeatReCar ) focused on thermoelectrics to provide electricity, either to on-board components or to the power train of hybrid electric vehicles. g CO 2 /km reduction) with a peak thermoelectric electric power of 150 W e.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 3, 2014
O 2 cell is calculated to be 11,680 Wh/kg—not much lower than that of gasoline (13,000 Wh/kg). One of these is tackling the issue of the high overpotential that leads to low cycle electrical energy efficiency—currently on the order of 60-70%. Their hybrid design uses only three. Earlier post.).
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