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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R. The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [

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New deal aims to ‘fast-track’ UK electric charging infrastructure

Green Cars News

Electric car infrastructure development firm, Reuben Power plc has signed an exclusive agreement with precision engineering specialist Dynamatic Technologies Ltd this week to create a new driving force in establishing a complete EV recharging support system in the UK.

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Royal Academy of Engineering Report Says EV Success Depends on Low-Carbon Electricity, Universal Broadband Provision and Smart Grids

Green Car Congress

The need for a national energy system and smart grid that can recharge millions of electric vehicles using low-carbon electricity without overwhelming local distribution circuits. Swapping gas guzzlers for electric vehicles will not solve our carbon emissions problem on its own. Davy Thielena, KEMA Consulting.

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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs

Green Car Congress

The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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The Case for EV Charging in Every City - Big or Small

EV Connect

Local hotels, motels, restaurants and other businesses that hope to attract people passing through have a lot to gain by offering a place to recharge. Making Electric Vehicles a Reality — For Everyone These shifts are encouraging, and a needed step in the right direction. If the U.S. We’re getting there.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

Think Tank’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key. Bright Automotive says it soon release an electric car with a 100 mile per gallon plus plug-in – and the company says it will keep the car economically priced. How can you quickly improve the performance of the battery in an electric car? Lose weight.

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Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It Auto makers have tinkered with them since the early 1900s, but the cars didn't gain much attention in the U.S.