Davis MPG Recharge Toyota 
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
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 The current top seller is Toyota Motor Corp.'s It had gobs of torque," he recalls. In June, U.C.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? At $3 for a gallon of gas, driving a non-hybrid car costs 8-20 cents/mile (depending on MPG). The advanced hybrid vehicle research center at University of California-Davis (founded and directed by the modern inventor of the PHEV, CalCars advisor Prof. What Are Plug-In Hybrids?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
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.) Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. Vehicles converted by Professor Andy Frank and his team at the UC Davis Hybrid Center are listed at our History of PHEVs page , with further info at www.team-fate.net. NREL, June 2006 Toyota Prius by EnergyCS Golden, CO Terry_Penney@.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
The electricity for recharging has to come from somewhere, which means power plants. Toyota still has not made any money on the Prius. While Id been harsh on the need for outside recharge stations in the past, actually an intermediate charge may extend battery life. Uncharacteristically, Toyota is blaming this on the floormats!!
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