Posts Tagged ‘PlugIn’

Chargepoint plug-in electric vehicle recharge

A short piece of video journalism that I created for university. A new plug-in recharge station for electric vehicles has opened in Glebe. Interviewees include Chargepoint CEO Luke Grana and Technical manager Lance Douglas.

Plug-in Hybrids are one of the fastest growing segments of the global hybrid-EV market

Plug-in Hybrids are one of the fastest growing segments of the global hybrid-EV market

Plug-In Hybrids Report

This report looks at the latest challenges and developments in this fast emerging sector. Covered are grid connectivity, Plug-n hybrid Technology and Vehicle Availablity. The report also includes profiles of 22 suppliers involved in the Hybrid Vehicle Sector.( http://www.bharatbook.com/Market-Research-Reports/Plug-In-Hybrids-Report.html )

Background to this Research

Over the past few years the world, and particularly Japan and the US, have taken to gasoline hybrid vehicles in substantial numbers although realistic fuel consumption has often failed to live up to early expectations. What this has indicated however, is the willingness today of some consumers to explore at least partially electric powertrain options, and although the various OEM strategies operating in the HEV sector do not necessarily lead to huge fuel savings, they can be seen as the initial step on the road to vehicle electrification.

In the medium term the development of grid connected vehicles i.e. plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles (PHEVs), is likely to replace current HEV designs. While these vehicles are unlikely to be huge volume sellers in the near future, the driving cycle characteristics are suited well to their use in some urban environments, and there are some significant interventions taking place to encourage their uptake. Plug-In Hybrids are likley to be a critical stepping stone in the shift of the automotive industry and its supplier base towards an electrified future.

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XR3 Plug-in Hybrid gets 225mpg!!!

The XR3 is a diesel-electric hybrid that gets 125mpg on diesel-only mode and over 225mpg on hybrid mode. You can buy plans for building this car at www.rqriley.com
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ENIGMA, 80 mpg Enigma diesel-electric hybrid sports car (SDSU) participating in Earthday 2007 parade Balboa Park (SD, CA)
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Toyota lot deserted because no plug-in cars – tape 1

Out of all the cars on this Toyota lot, not one is a plug-in car. Perhaps if they had a plug-in hybrid, a Plug-in Prius or “PiP”, this lot would be jammed with customers. Why not? They once made a plug-in car, why not now?
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At the Huntington Beach, CA Energy Fair, at which solar energy and plug-in cars were center stage, HB Toyota finally admitted, perhaps in frustration, that Chevron is a factor in why they can’t sell the RAV4-EV. The RAV4-EV uses Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries specially developed for “large-format” applications by Panasonic-Toyota EV Energy Company. Originally, Toyota licensed the NiMH patents from the inventor, Stan Ovshinsky of Energy Conversion Devices’ subsidiary Ovonics. In 1994, GM bought control of the Worldwide Patent Rights to NiMH, vesting them in a Joint-venture called “GM-Ovonics”. On Oct. 10, 2000, GM sold control of NiMH to Texaco, which six days later announced it was becoming a part of Chevron (Standard Oil of California). Thus, GM, sensitive to PR, could say that it wasn’t GM and Standard Oil that had worked together, exactly. GM-Ovonics was renamed COBASYS (Chevron-Ovonics Battery Systems) and the very next year, Chevron funded a lawsuit against Toyota, alleging patent infringement in that Toyota had improved NiMH batteries so that they lasted longer than the life of the car, even a Toyota car. Toyota then ceased production of the EV-95 NiMH battery and the Toyota RAV4-EV which used it; no plug-in NiMH car was ever again offered for sale to the public by Toyota.
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