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CA Energy Commission awarding Wrightspeed $5.789M grant for retrofit range-extended electric powertrain for medium-duty commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

Wrightspeed made its first conversion kit for the Isuzu NPR. Wrightspeed has shifted the sync function that used to be performed by mechanical means into software control of electronics, driving the electric motor with precision. The system is therefore lighter, cheaper, and more efficient.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Current Hybrids are natural donor platforms because they already have most of the needed electric propulsion components, so the conversion process deals primarily with integrating larger battery packs.A PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits. What changes do we make to convert a gasoline-only hybrid to a Plug-In Hybrid?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", No announced plans.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

Convert your Prius to a plug-in hybrid and rock the world. PICC) has completed a breakthrough software upgrade to its plug-in conversion kit that for the first time will allow all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour in a converted Prius. You read his take on the new PICC conversion kits and a whole lot more.

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