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Electric Vehicles in Cold Weather: Stay Ahead of Range Loss

Electric Driver

Unlike traditional gasoline-powered vehicles, EVs are powered by electric motors that run on electricity stored in their batteries. Electric vehicles can face some challenges in cold weather due to the impact of temperature on their batteries.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ).

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CalCars' PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. On the highway, it runs just like any other Prius, with the gasoline engine doing most of the work -- and the extra batteries kicking in to improve performance at ALL speeds. NOTE : Much of the information on this page is at this point out of date.

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Success!!! The Ban on EV Conversions in Ontario, Canada is Over!!!

DIY Electric Car

Road worthy vehicles that have been converted from an internal combustion engine (gasoline) to an electric power engine. ? 47 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, M5W 1G9" MTO's EV Conversions FAQs (for the new rules as of 2010.06.07). In the interim, the following registration rules apply. "EV conversions are: ? Downtown Ottawa ?

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Cover the Cost of Your EV Charging Project with the Charge Ahead Colorado EV Charging Rebate Program

EV Match

Reduce harmful air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions associated with gasoline and diesel vehicles. FAQ What is the Charge Ahead Colorado EV charging rebate program? The program has five goals: Promote the installation of electric vehicle charging stations throughout Colorado. Increase the number of electric vehicles in Colorado.

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Choosing an Eco-friendly Vehicle: Hybrid vs. Electric Cars

EV Connect

While conventional gasoline-powered vehicles (sometimes called internal combustion engines (ICE)) run on gasoline that emits carbon monoxide and other gases into the environment, EVs burn fewer and cleaner emissions per mile. How Does an Electric Vehicle Work? She frequently covers Tesla and Elon Musk for GoBankingRates.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Brown and Shari Prange, 1993 "The Electric and Hybrid Electric Car", by Michael H.

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