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Is retro-fitting older vehicles the solution to accelerating electrification?

Is the mass retrofitting of older vehicles the solution to a rapid transformation to an electrified vehicle fleet? Felix Kramer, founder of Cal Cars, certainly thinks so. The problem lies in the fact that there are nearly 250 million vehicles on the road in the U.S. with a median age of about 10 years. When auto sales were at their peak of 16-17 million units a year in the recent past, it would have taken 20 years to replace most of the fleet. With sales not expected to return to those levels for the foreseeable future and current sales at ... Read more →

CalCars' plug-in hybrid prepay idea gets a major retooling: from $10,000 to $1,000 Sebastian Blanco

Since first proposing his plug-in hybrid (PHEV) prepay idea earlier this month, CalCars' Felix Kramer has not sat back and watched his baby grow. Instead, he's been talking and listening and has ...

CalCars: US customers could prepay for plug-in hybrids at $10,000 each Sebastian Blanco

At the EDTA Expo in DC this week, Felix Kramer of CalCars is circulating a proposal to a.) help the auto industry and b.) bring more plug-in vehicles (PHEVs) to market. The idea is for customers ...

Is retro-fitting older vehicles the solution to accelerating electrification? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Is the mass retrofitting of older vehicles the solution to a rapid transformation to an electrified vehicle fleet? Felix Kramer, founder of Cal Cars, certainly thinks so. The problem lies in the fact that there are nearly 250 million vehicles on the road in the U.S. with a median age of about ...

CalCars' plug-in hybrid prepay idea gets a major retooling: from $10,000 to $1,000 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Since first proposing his plug-in hybrid (PHEV) prepay idea earlier this month, CalCars' Felix Kramer has not sat back and watched his baby grow. Instead, he's been talking and listening and has evolved his plan. Originally, the idea was to have plug-in vehicle supporters give their automaker ...

CalCars: US customers could prepay for plug-in hybrids at $10,000 each 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the EDTA Expo in DC this week, Felix Kramer of CalCars is circulating a proposal to a.) help the auto industry and b.) bring more plug-in vehicles (PHEVs) to market. The idea is for customers to pre-pay for PHEVs now and take delivery by 2012, at the latest. CalCars says the idea would ...


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