Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The positive results from this test indicate that we can downsize our battery pack, reducing cost and weight of the vehicle, and still achieve the 40 mile all-electric range needed for optimized typical driving. Jim Spellman, Raser Vice President of Business Development.

Hummer 231

Hummer All-Electric Miles Range 231

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Internal combustion engines have been significantly improving in the past decade, after the adoption of technologies such as Gasoline Direct Injection, mild electrification, downsizing and turbocharging. The OSU EcoCAR prototype vehicle features an extended-range electric architecture with a downsized 1.8L Skarke et al.

Waste 312

Waste PHEV Fuel Exhaust 312

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

In fact, the optimized PHEV is much more efficient as a long range liquid fuel vehicle, because the engine is downsized. The so-called Extended Range Electric Vehicle or EREV or BEVx. This concept is basically a PHEV with a smaller “range-extended liquid-fuel-powered electric generator.”

PHEV 150

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150