Students at the University of California Davis Hybrid Vehicle Research Center have been creating plug-in hybrids for national competitions for some time. "Team Fate" members Jungers and Kaufman describe how they "gut" the drive train of a standard vehicle, replacing it with an electric motor, a bank of batteries, continuously variable transmission, and some smart electronics. The resulting vehicle runs on electricity, assisted by a much smaller flex-fuel internal combustion engine only when needed.
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Video: Team Fate - Designing the Next Generation Hybrid
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Submitted by EPTV on Mon, 2008-06-23 15:06. | Tags: technology | alternative fuel | batteries | battery | California | cars | Electric Cars | hybrid | Hydrogen | plug in | plug-in hybrid | research | students | technology | university | University of California | video
Plug-In Prius In the Slow Lane
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Well, this has been coming down the pipeline for some time now and has finally arrived. Toyota has announced that it plans, possibly, perhaps, maybe, to produce a plug-in hybrid version of their popular Prius. It's not expected for another 3 years at the earliest, though.
Submitted by paulvaggen on Wed, 2007-11-14 02:47. | Tags: architecture | carbon | cars. prius | climate change | eco | emissions | environment | green | hybrid | plug in | sustainability
Video: EPRI-NRDC Report Finds Benefits of Deploying Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
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The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) release a comprehensive assessment that found that
widespread use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the United States could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and potentially improve ambient air quality.
Submitted by EPTV on Wed, 2007-09-05 14:53. | Tags: transportation | air quality | cars | climate change | electricity | emissions | EPRI | fuel | greenhouse gases | hybrids | NRDC | plug in | pollution | vehicles
