phevs

Nearly a year ago the city of Seattle started a field test of 14 Toyota Priuses converted to plug-in hybrid capability. At the time, the expectation was that the cars would top 100 mpg overall and 150 mpg in urban driving. The problem is that these PHEVs, like all other hybrids, are particularly ...

So far, the market for extended range electric vehicles in North America seems to be the exclusive province of General Motors, Chrysler and Fisker with Ford sticking to the parallel hybrid route - both with and without plugs. It's not that ...

While Newark moves to implement V2G technology and Austin makes solar panels a good deal, one community is trying to be the "first eco-sustainable city" in America. Reading about the new intentional community called ...

Even if not everyone likes the Prius conversion aftermarket results, it can't be a bad thing that there is one more team out there willing to add batteries and a plug to your Prius, right? The WSJ recently profiled Daniel Sherwood and Paul Guzyk of Berkeley's 3Prong Power Inc., which will upgrade ...

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 ...

Despite Toyota's reluctance to release plug-in hybrid versions of its popular Prius hatchback, there are a number of companies that are willing to sell you a retrofitted model. Add another to the list, as Jungle Motors in Orange County, California, which has been converting Porsche 911s and ...

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 ...

At least a few dozen people around the country have now done one-off conversions of hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape to transform them into plug-in vehicles. For those who may not have the hardware hacker gene in their DNA, the first commercially available plug-in conversion kit is now ...

Ever since the debut of the Chevy Volt concept in January 2007, some people have been wondering about Toyota's attitude toward plug-in vehicles. This situation was not helped by some negative comments by Toyota executives in fall 2007 denigrating the concept of a extended range EV. Toyota has since ...

Toyota President, Katsuaki Watanabe this week announced that the start of fleet testing for plug-in capable Priuses had been moved up by a year. At this year's Detroit Auto Show, Watanabe announced that several hundred Priuses with the ability to be plugged in would be delivered to government and ...