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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

While other national and international organizations have been supportive at government hearings, they havent yet begun to advocate for PHEVs. Fuel cell cars should be plug-in hybrids so that the fuel cell is used only for extended range, and the fuel cell stack and hydrogen storage can be smaller.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I San Jose Mercury News ). Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

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