Plug-in hybrid

According to a senior BMW authority out of Munich, the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics plug-in hybrid 2+2 concept is headed for production – no ifs, ands or buts. Unsurprisingly, reaction to the concept has been off the charts at its auto show debuts around the world. An executive source told...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Nissan is planning on a production capacity of 150,000 vehicles annually at the Smyrna plant, along with 200,000 battery packs. This is the third loan closed on by auto manufacturers. Ford closed on a $5.9 billion loan back in September. Tesla closed last week on a $465 million loan to help in p...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Washington, DC – Today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the Department of Energy has closed its $465 million loan with Tesla Motors, Inc. for construction of a manufacturing facility in southern California on the Model S electric sedan and a power-train manufacturing facilit...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Kia has released a teaser photo on the new Ray concept. The concept car is supposed to show where Kia will be heading with their future in plug-in hybrid cars. The Ray is supposed to debut at the Chicago Auto Show. More Hybrid Car information can be found at http://hybridreview.blogspot.com Fol...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) The concept vehicle takes the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid to the next level. By using a larger battery and adding a plug (of course, it's not that simple, but ...) GM can extend the all electric range. Like the Cadillac Converj (due in 2013) and Chevy Volt (due this year), the car can be plugged in (ov...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) In 1997, Toyota introduced the RAV4 EV battery electric vehicle in California. 1,484 of these 100 mile range large-battery electric vehicles were either sold or leased over the course of the program. Nearly half are still on the road.

Those batteries will power hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars and trucks. The grant will allow Johnson Controls to hire another 100 people. Holland projects Johnson Controls/Saft high-tech battery plant, Novo 1 call ...Michigan Business Review - MLive.com all 5 news articles »

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) The $636 billion Department of Defense appropriations bill has set million aside to develop hybrids, hydraulic hybrids, batteries, plug-in hybrids, etc... (Source: Det News).  From Lithium-ion battery production to all terrain hybrid vehicles, the appropriations bill is set to fund y...

Isuzu also plans to introduce a small plug-in hybrid truck in a few years, spokesman Koichi Ito said. The Asahi Shimbun reported the news about the hybrid ... and more »

Complex.com (blog) Toyota had its North American debut of its long-awaited Prius plug-in hybrid concept car which was first presented in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. ... LA Auto Show Recap: The 10 Best New CarsComplex.com (blog) all 5 news articles »

Toyota did not show much but an expected and long in the coming plug-in hybrid, PHEV Prius. Lexus had its LS 600h hybrid as well as the Prius based concept ... and more »

The essential plug-in hybrid technology, basic shape and styling of this concept, originally shown at the Tokyo auto show in October, are all possible for ... Mitsubishi Plug In hybrid SUV To Be Sold In The US In 2013All Cars Electric all 2 news articles »

Ford has done very well so far introducing an award winning SUV hybrid with the Escape and the next logical step was to turn into it plug-in hybrid, PHEV. ...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Read more on the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle in the Press Release: TORRANCE, Calif., December 2, 2009 -- The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) will make it’s North American debut today at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

Among the least-promising options: plug-in hybrid cars. The only way plug-in hybrids could slash emissions by one billion tons in 2020 -- the threshold the ...

By Dahcredyns(noreply@blogger.com) A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how one utility executive claimed that 3 - 5 plug-ins in one neighborhood could "overwhelm" the grid. Well, that's California. In other areas the situation is not so dire for plug-in hybrid vehicles.

By Mike Millikin The Axon Automotive PHEV. Click to enlarge. UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon gasoline-powered city ca...

By Andrew Ganz Fisker Automotive and General Motors have confirmed yesterday’s reports that the California start-up will acquire the Detroit automaker’s Wilmington, Delaware, assembly plant. Fisker, which will pay $18 million for the plant, plans to build a $39,900 plug-in hybrid sedan called Pr...

By Mike Millikin While the fuel economy (FE) for combustible fueled vehicles (such as gasoline, diesel, compressed natural gas, or an ethanol blend) can easily be expressed in mpg, and fuel economy for an all-electric vehicle can be expressed in miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent (mpge), the arri...

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 MA This AFV is the plug-in hybrid. A straightforward improvement to the current generation of hybrids can allow them to be plugged into the electric grid and run in an all-electric mode for a limited range between recharging. Since most vehicle use is for ...

By Mike Millikin Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin leasing approximately 200 plug-in versions of its third-generation Prius (earlier post) equipped with lithium-ion battery packs in Japan starting at the end of this year. This will be the first time a lithium-ion battery... Toyota Motor Corpora...

Volt is already one of the 10 best cars for 2010 with high consumer anticipation. However, it will not be available until 2011. The Volt is priced much higher as an electric plug in hybrid car. It is estimated at $39000 but the car price might be much ... Politico - MIT Technology Review

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Volvo Cars aims to be market leader in plug-in hybrid technology Plug-in electrical hybrids in production by 2012 The car can be run on petrol, bioethanol, natural gas, biogas and hytane*. GTDi technology Plug-in electrical hybrids Battery-powered cars

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By Mike Millikin Energy-optimized Li-ion batteries with thicker electrodes. A thick electrode in Li-ion cells could save up to $285/kWh, Bohn said. GM has verbally committed to apply this technology on the Chevy Volt energy storage system and to perform lab evaluations.

CNET News  MA Enerdel uses lithium manganese oxide electrodes, the same type used in the batteries selected for GM's Volt plug-in hybrid. It was developed at Argonne National Laboratory with support from the US Advanced Battery Consortium (comprising Ford, GM, ...

By Kevin Bullis GM is defending its design for the Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle after a study out of Carnegie Mellon University slammed the design, saying that it's not economical. (Plug-ins are hybrids with batteries that can be recharged by plugging ...

By Mike Millikin When charged frequently (every 20 miles or less), using average US electricity, small capacity (i.e., lower all-electric range) plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are less expensive operationally and release fewer greenhouse gases (GHGs) than hybrid-electric (HEVs) or conv...

By Mike Millikin Battery Electric Transit Connect. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January, Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford unveiled an accelerated plan to bring next-generation hybrid-electric (HEV); a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV); and battery-electric (BEV) veh...

By Ben Wojdyla Transit Connect with battery electric power is the initial offering in Ford's aggressive new electric vehicle plan to bring pure battery-powered vehicles, hybrids and plug-in hybrids to market. To start, during the next four years, Ford will introduce in North America: The Transit Co...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Toyota has been testing their plug-in Prius and it's looking good so far. Initial trials show the plug-in getting 65 mpg (3.6L/100km) in mixed driving. In comparison, the next generation 2010 Toyota Prius is getting 50 mpg in the same cycle.

By Mike Millikin The Chrysler 200C EV. Click to enlarge. Chrysler unveiled the 200C EV Concept, the newest Chrysler ENVI electric-drive vehicle , at the North American International Auto Show. The 200C EV, based on a shortened version of Chrysler’s rear-wheel-drive platform, features... The Chrysler 200C...

By Chuck Squatriglia See Also: The Chevy Volt Will Save GM (And Get the Girl) The Volt Isn't a Prius. It Might Even Be Better. Exclusive: Inside the Design Process of the Volt 34,520 People and Counting Want a Volt Bob Lutz: Volt Is the U.S. Car Industry's Moon Shot

By Mike Millikin If a $40-per-ton CO2 price is present, then a 56% plug-in hybrid penetration results in an additional 132 TWh of coal generation, 75 TWh of nuclear, 14 TWh of wood biomass, and only 5 TWh of natural gas generation by 2030. Both coal and natural gas generation are lower with a $40-per-ton CO2 p...

Both hybrid buses look like conventional diesels, save for various stickers on the side boasting "Hybrid-Electric" and the logos of the project partners. A yellow tab on the plug-in hybrid that houses the outlet is the only visible give-away that the bus is different.

By dejz28 Volkswagen first launched its Golf TwinDrive plug-in hybrid in July 2008 using the company’s fifth-generation Golf as the basis, but, now that the sixth-generation Golf has been launched, VW has released an updated version TwinDrive prototype. The new Golf TwinDrive uses the Golf VI a...

By Chuck Squatriglia Another piece of the puzzle has fallen into place at Fisker Automotive, which says it will put a turbocharged GM engine under hood of the $80,000 Karma plug-in hybrid slated for production next year. The announcement that General Motors will... Photos by Fisker Automotive.

By James Warren unclear whether the GOP will convince itself that the panacea is a plug-in hybrid of a politician, perhaps one to actually entice green-leaning youthful consumers, as GM believes will the case with a plug-in hybrid of a car, the Volt, if the company survives until the

By Chuck Squatriglia The gas-electric version of Piaggio's funky but fun MP3 scooter uses a parallel hybrid system much like that in the Toyota Prius but advances the technology by adding an electrical cord. Although Toyota, General Motors and several other automakers are developing cars that can be charge...

By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) General Motors had been lobbying Congress for higher tax credits on the Volt, claiming that its large, advanced battery pack would push the price of the car beyond the reach of average consumers. In June, General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Bob Lutz said the Volt  w...

By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) The next generation of advanced batteries are called lithium-ion batteries, like the one we had installed in the plug-in Prius we are testing. Lithium Ion batteries are smaller and lighter for the same energy storage capacity and so lend themselves better to full electric and plug-in hy...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Honda hopes to aggressively compete with the Toyota Prius by unveiling its own affordable hybrid car that will hit markets in the relatively new future, according to Autopia: That price tag is pretty impressive, especially since I've been staring at Chevy Volt material for weeks -- you...

GM engineers work 'round the clock to bring their plug-in hybrid to market. Who paid for the Toyota Prius? Chris Basso of Carfax tells us what to look out for in today's used car market

Mercedes makes a bold political statement. What is it like to get 120 mpg? Greg Frenette, Chief Engineer for the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid will tell us all about it

GM's Bob Lutz promises a working prototype of the Volt plug-in hybrid by Easter. What will Chrysler have at the Detroit auto show? Nissan is trying to figure out why the new Sentra is not selling. The $2,500 car will be inexpensive and clean

By Kevin Shult Filed under: Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, DaimlerChrysler (DCX), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM)Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) is launching the first U.S. tests of its plug-in hybrid technology in two converted Prius hybrids. The test cars will run...

Most start-ups aim to make a profit. Not Benetech. On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, find out what makes Benetech, and its CEO so special. Also, consider the immense technological challenge posed by plug-in hybrid vehicles. Do batteries exist that can handle their demands? For those l...

By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) Automakers are taking differing approaches to reducing petroleum use, from building cars that run on E85 ethanol, to plug-in hybrid vehicles (short-range electric vehicles with a gas engine for longer trips), to fuel-cell electric vehicles that run on hydrogen produced from natura...

Hyundai gets ready for the luxury rear-drive market with its Genesis concept, just one of the many cars soon to be revealed at the New York International Auto Show. A big-dollar Ferrari meets a concrete barrier. Was it a case of really bad driving or an expensive ploy to promote a movie? And it...

Los Angles kicks off this seasons auto show circuit. We have all the stories, product introductions and new technology. Who killed the electric car? The Answer, no one. Two manufacturers show electrics at the L.A. Show GM Hybrid future. The General announces big plans for hybrid models across...

The new Toyota Tundra starts rolling off the assembly line deep in the heart of Truck Country Texas. What new technology makes this plant one of the most efficient ever? Ford announces that the Edge Crossover is delayed and also unveils a plan to boost the morale of its employees; we'll have...