Plug-In Hybrids
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| Take a look at TESLA at Play |
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| Click for New Energy News: 'Demand for Electric Hybrids Grow'. |
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| 100+ MPG Hybrids Relieve 'Gas Pains' |
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A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is a hybrid vehicle with batteries that can be recharged by connecting a plug to an electric power source. It shares the characteristics of both conventional hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles, having an internal combustion engine and batteries for power. Most PHEVs on the road today are passenger cars, but there are also PHEV versions of commercial passenger vans, utility trucks, school buses, motorcycles, scooters, and military vehicles. PHEVs are sometimes called grid-connected hybrids, gas-optional hybrids, or GO-HEVs.
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Removable Battery Packs for Plug-In Hybrid Cars
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| Project Better Place is proposing an arrangement under which drivers would swap their cars’ depleted batteries for recharged ones within five minutes. Shai Agassi, its founder, says drivers could pre-pay for recharging, much as they would for mobile phone air-time, and companies like his might offer cars “for free” as part of a long-term contract. Some carmakers express doubts about the logistics of swapping batteries and other aspects of the company’s plans. Reimagining the Automobile Industry by Selling the Electricity
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| Modified Skoda Demos Removeable Plug-In Power Packs |
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The Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA), a British automotive design, development and certification consultancy, has modified a Skoda Fabia called the H4V (Hybrid 4 wheel drive Vehicle) because the gasoline engine powers the front wheels while two 35kW electric motors power the rear wheels. The regular gasoline version of the car gets 32 mpg (7.24 L/100km) while their 'plugless' plug-in hybrid prototype returned 53 mpg (4.4 L/100km).
"The H4V’s battery pack is built from portable cassettes, each with 1.5 kWh capacity. MIRA designed and made the battery packs, using Li-Ion Phosphate cells 'sourced from an American supplier.'"
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| Plug-it-in and you're ready to GO! |
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| Charge time is 30 minutes, and each pack weights 22 kilograms. |
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