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What’s up with the BMW MINI E?

Plugs and Cars

In June about 500 cars were placed in consumer and fleet hands in Los Angeles and New York and New Jersey for what BMW calls a " field trial." BMW is playing by the rules, and one can't blame the corporation for doing what corporations do. Jeff U’Ren drove a Panasonic Lead Acid EV-1 for a few years.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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