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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 26, 2023
Renault is launching electric retrofit kits in France in partnership with R-FIT. These kits can be installed on the popular Renault 4, Renault 5 and first generation Twingo. The Renault 5 electric retrofit kit will go on sale in France in September 2023 while the kit for the Twingo will be made available at a later date.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 10, 2009
kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Some previous Prius plug-in conversion kits allowed motorists to go as fast as 52 miles per hour using a “forced stealth” mode.
Green Car Congress
JULY 16, 2009
One of SDG&E’s converted PHEVs. The third phase of a SDG&E multi-year in-use study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles showed that plug-in hybrids offer significant improvements in gas mileage and reductions in emissions when compared with standard hybrid-electric and gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 5, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA , rates fuel economy at 40 highway when running in gasoline mode only. That number jumps to 105 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when combining electricity and gasoline. No gasoline used. liter 4-cylinder while the non-hybrid models have either the gasoline 1.5-liter
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Now, the electric motor and gasoline engine interact in harmony from the beginning. Porsche sees this new type of “E-Performance” as the performance kit of the future. Together with the V6 gasoline engine decoupler, the electric motor heralds the new generation of the Porsche hybrid module. kWh, its weight has remained the same.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
Porsche sees this new type of “E-Performance”—more power, more driving fun, lower fuel consumption—as the performance kit of the future. Together with the V6 gasoline engine decoupler, the electric motor heralds the new generation of the Porsche hybrid module. New hybrid module and fast-shifting eight-speed PDK.
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
He yanked big engines out of American cars and replaced them with electric motors that worked in tandem with much smaller gasoline engines. He called his new configuration the "plug-in hybrid" because it allowed homeowners to recharge the car's batteries by plugging into an electrical outlet. Hybrid automobiles work with two engines.
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