In a week where the top two presidential candidates are struggling over energy policy for this country, Barack Obama calls for 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) to be on the road by 2015. This is five years shorter than some other estimates.
Not only does Obama want 1 million PHEVs on the road but [...]
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Portland General Electric (PGE), based in Portland, Oregon is rolling out a dozen recharging stations in the area for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). This is in anticipation of several major automakers including GM and Toyota rolling out their PHEVs by 2010.
The recharging stations are powered by 100-percent renewable energy and are free to use [...]
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Gasoline-powered plug-in hybrids are so yesterday’s news and hydrogen plug-in hybrids are most probably the future. But, in the here and now, Odyne Corporation has unveiled the first compressed natural gas (CNG) plug-in hybrid refuse vehicle in the world.
The city of Fresno, California held a press conference yesterday announcing that the new Odyne CNG PHEV [...]
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If you just can’t wait for 2010 for Toyota and GM to rollout their official plug-in hybrids, and want to start saving gasoline now, then the A123Systems Hymotion may just be the plug-in device you need. Right now the A123Systems Hymotion Plug-In Conversion Module (PCM) is available only for the Toyota Prius.
A123Systems has gotten permission [...]
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The Extreme Hybrid XH-150 by AFS Trinity is taking a little tour now and will end up at the Capital Mall in Washington DC on Earth Day, April 20, 2008. The XH-150 is a plug-in hybrid SUV that was first unveiled in January this year.
The cross-country tour started in San Francisco yesterday and will take [...]
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Adams Electric Cooperative in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania has announced that it will be utilizing the world’s first plug-in hybrid utility bucket truck. The PHEV was developed by DUECO, Inc. and ODYNE, Inc. and will serve the counties of Cumberland, upper Franklin and parts of York.
The utility truck will have a standard diesel engine and transmission complemented [...]
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V2Green Incorporated out of Seattle, Washington has announced a collaboration with Austin Energy out of Texas to test vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging of plug-hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The V2 Green technology will enable Smart Charging of PHEVs that are connected to the grid.
One of the criticisms in the past in regard to all electric or PHEVs [...]
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The Visionary Vehicles EVX / LS is a plug-in hybrid 5-seat automobile from the Bricklin Collection. Designed by Malcolm Bricklin and Herb Grasse, the Visionary Vehicles EVX / LS PHEV is a luxury sedan that will compete with Mercedes, BMW, Lexus and Jaguar for 20 to 30-percent less money, while achieving high mileage.
With a sticker [...]
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The Prius plug-in hybrid is a promising vehicle that Toyota has been touting. Toyota has decided to show off its Prius plug-in at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit to drum up excitement for the vehicle.
In November, Toyota had given its Prius plug-in test cars to two University of California outlets in [...]
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While there has been a lot of hoopla about hybrids of the plug-in variety from the large automakers such as Toyota, GM and Ford, there is a newly formed automaker who may just beat the other three to market. Fisker Coachbuild has teamed up with Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide to form a new company [...]
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