Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family. This criteria only left the Prius in play.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
Terrafirma Technology , a company started by an engineer named Michael House who has gone into business supplying 3D-printed adapters to people who want to repurpose lithium-ion power-tool batteries. rarely use on a road bike) applies a small amount of regenerative braking before the pads make contact–just as in my wife's Prius.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
Terrafirma Technology , a company started by an engineer named Michael House who has gone into business supplying 3D-printed adapters to people who want to repurpose lithium-ion power-tool batteries. rarely use on a road bike) applies a small amount of regenerative braking before the pads make contact–just as in my wife's Prius.
Plugs and Cars
OCTOBER 27, 2007
Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. What can, what should, car companies be making? To take one example, batteries.
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. After that, the word spread fast.”
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
JANUARY 15, 2009
ElectrifiedMotor Sports : Dennis "Kilowatt" Berubes EV Dragster EVCOElectrathon : from the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa National ElectricDrag Racing Association Plasma Boy Racing : John Wayland and company blow it up so you wont have to! RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans.
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