Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plus more people are installing rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, and clean wind power is vastly expanding nationally (see study by eminent environmentalist Lester Brown cited at CalCars Kudos ). See CalCars-News for the latest news on PHEV development, and Where PHEVS Are for a chronological list of (mostly) Toyota Prius conversions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Expected deposits in 2009 and first sales in CA in 2010. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

I wish the thing was for sale as-is. Well they did give brief bursts of acceleration through the parking lot to show that it does have some Roadster goodness to it. But yes, there was no slalom to see how it handles the twisties. It is probably a real rocket compared to the Daimler version that will eventually show up.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The trouble is you then have to stop right away, which brings about some pretty strong regenerative braking action, something that Chrysler needs to work on before making the Circuit available for sale. Keep reading about the EVs good and bad qualities after the jump. The combined electrical storage efficiency of charger and batteries is 85%.

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