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Chrysler Group Awards UM-Dearborn $3.1M to Support Development of Plug-in Hybrid System for Ram Pickup Project

Green Car Congress

million for his proposed, “Ram Pickup Truck PHEV Development and Demonstration Project.”. billion in federal grant monies awarded to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of hybrid electric vehicles and new-generation batteries for a project to develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans.

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8 Reasons Government Grants Should Include Funding for Level 1 Charging Infrastructure

EV Adoption

Because the US is so vast and spread out and we lack convenient passenger rail in most parts of the country, Americans’ best, most affordable, preferred, and often only option to take the kids to Disneyland/Disney World or see grandma 500 miles away — is by car. miles of range per day , which at 22 hours = 77 to 143 miles per day.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept. My local post office is about 5 miles from my house, so could possible fit the range requirements.

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