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Used Car of the Day: 1965 Volvo 122S

The Truth About Cars

The car was restored, repainted, and the rust removed over the past 6,000 miles. There are also performance spark-plug wires, a sport exhaust system, and a swapped-in manual transmission. The ask for this Pennsylvania-based car is $25,000. This restored car is black-on-red, which is apparently the rare "19" color combo.

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New Flyer unveils Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus; first to offer two fuel-cell-electric models eligible for federal funding

Green Car Congress

(“NFI”), the largest bus manufacturer in North America, unveiled the Xcelsior CHARGE H2—ts fuel cell-electric heavy-duty transit bus—and announced that both the forty-foot and sixty-foot model have successfully completed the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Model Bus Testing Program at Altoona, Pennsylvania (Altoona Testing).

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2010 Prius Plug-in Hybrid Makes North American Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show; First Li-ion Battery Traction Battery Developed by Toyota and PEVE

Green Car Congress

Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Demonstration Program Vehicle 002. The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. With a plug-in you get rid of range anxiety. If you do an EV with a 200-mile range, you have a long charge time, it's very expensive.”

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EcoCAR Teams Roll Out Architectures; Plug-in Li-ion Packs and Renewable Energy Common Attributes

Green Car Congress

Students were encouraged to explore a variety of solutions including hybrid, plug-in hybrid, fuel cell, electric, and extended range electric vehicles. While each of the 17 EcoCAR designs is unique, there are common attributes including: All of the vehicles have plug-in capability. Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV).

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Electrify America edges out Tesla Superchargers in 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark

Teslarati

The EV pair covered 2,100 miles over six days to test charging stations across Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. . Credit: umlaut. A Tesla Model 3 and a Ford Mustang Mach-E were selected as the vehicles that would used for the study. Credit: umlaut.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

It’s confusing because the same terminology is used by other car company’s to describe hybrid vehicles with no plug-in capability.] Feature: The Genesis Experience Son-Nim – “Honored Guest” Corporations are well-known for saying how much they care about and value their customers.

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News: Ford Puts E-Transit Vans Out for Public Test

Clean Fleet Report

Part of the testing will be around plugging in. We expect to see strong utilization and interest from customers making final-mile deliveries, regional deliveries, and eventually consumer use for smaller household moves.”. Aim to Acclimate Customers to Electrification. Rolling Out Around the Country.

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