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The new F-150 has a past

Electric Auto Association

Optional were Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries, the same as those used in Toyota’s RAV4EV and Honda’s EV+. Today, we have waiting lists of enthusiastic potential Ford F-150 owners eager to try out a new lithium-based version of the company’s latest EV truck.

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Tech: How do Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Batteries Recharge? Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

Clean Fleet Report

When hybrids appeared most used nickel-metal-hydride batteries This question was such a big roadblock for increasing sales that Toyota began an advertising campaign for the Prius that clearly emphasized that plugging in was not necessary. So, what’s the difference between the two different types of hybrid vehicles?

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We will have similar solutions available for better (but more expensive) nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries.) Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies www.hevt.com Chicago, IL converts Ford F-150 pickup trucks. For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

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