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Ford Anticipates 10-25% Of Its Global Fleet to Be Electrified by 2020

Green Car Congress

Currently (2010), electrified products (only hybrids at this point) represent 1% of Ford’s global fleet. Currently (2010), electrified products (only hybrids at this point) represent 1% of Ford’s global fleet. Ford’s approach with its plug-in hybrid is to use the parallel power split architecture of its standard hybrids.

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GM Will Apply Plug-in Hybrid Technology To One of Its Remaining Four Core Brands, Delivery Still in 2011

Green Car Congress

Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. In a post on GM’s FastLane blog, Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of the four core brands remaining after the restructuring: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. Our EAASV group had a tour of the Lightning facility in San Jose and a field trip to the company’s new location in Hollister a couple of years ago,” Pohorsky said. Then we disbanded.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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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 Recharge a Car, Recharge the Grid, Recharge the Planet Google.org supports PHEV & V2G with [link] project.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Servant leadership; I thrive when working to advance a cause or mission About Zach: Zach currently drives a Pacific Hybrid PHEV. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. About Alan: Alan drives a Tesla Model 3 and Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Servant leadership; I thrive when working to advance a cause or mission About Zach: Zach currently drives a Pacific Hybrid PHEV. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. About Alan: Alan drives a Tesla Model 3 and Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.