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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

Green Car Congress

The hybrid has also achieved comparable MPG performance with that of the same model powered by Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries but at a significantly lower cost, ALABC said. The vehicle delivers an average of a 44-mpg (5.3 This drops to approximately 35 mpg (6.7 The UltraBattery Retrofit Project DP1.8

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News: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

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This breaks the norm of a fuel cell vehicle run solely on hydrogen or simply with a battery for energy storage. MPGe fuel economy is rated at 61 mpg city/52 highway/57 combined using the electric battery and compressed hydrogen fuel. For all operations, the company aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

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Basically, one either replaces or adds to the vehicles hybrid battery for greatly increased energy storage capacity, adds a charger that plugs into a wall outlet, and arranges for the hybrid system to use more (or only) electricity and less (or no) gasoline for propulsion until the battery is mostly depleted.

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