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ETV enjoys range-extended Prius success

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It replaced the NiMH pack with a large format lithium-ion battery and retrofitted a liquid-fuelled gas turbine generator as a range extender. Tags: Green cars Latest news Toyota ETV Motors israel Toyota Prius. The demonstrator is expected to serve as a test vehicle for the company’s development work.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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The two companies have made a series of deals across the world supplying carsfor the electrification programmes of cities and whole countries – Denmark,Israel and Portugal among them. UN walkout as Ahmadinejad calls Israel racist Review: Star Trek, at the Empire, Leicester. Walkout at UN conference after Iran.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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by EAA-PHEV with Nilar NiMH batteries, May 2007 (Centennial, CO) contact: info@nilar.com Small photo. Motors Ltd, Toyota Prius by ETVM team, January 2009 (Herzliya, Israel), info@etvmotors.com Nikki and Kate Gordon-Bloomfield, 2004 Prius, by Self, February 2009 (Bristol, England). or s.peeraer@spinnovation.com. View full size photo.

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The French are coming. The Green Piece

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The company has also reportedly signed an agreement with Sanyo Electric Company to supply NiMH batteries for its diesel-electric hybrid cars from 2011 ( see article ) as it bids to be the first automaker to bring a hybrid-electric diesel to the market.

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