Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. Questions for the industry, Kurani said, include how do we get from where households currently are to where PHEVs provide the most benefit?

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PHEV Fuel Economy San Diego Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

Anderman ran a series of net present value analyses based on a range of gasoline prices, fuel saved, and pack costs. PHEVs (blended 10-mile strategy), extended range electric vehicles (40-mile AER) and full EVs begin to make economic sense when gasoline is at about $10/gallon US. PHEVs and EREVs require $7/gallon.

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Li-ion 2011 Market Hybrid 150

Plugs and Cars

JULY 26, 2007

But PHEVs are inherently the most complicated of all options. Les Goldman, A123's lobbyist, presented the outline of a proposal that could be a win-win-win and get cars on the road quickly. A plug-in hybrid, one could say, simply integrates electric drive into a car with internal combustion.

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Convert Prius Plug-in Civic Hybrid 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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?",

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