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Electric Power Research Institute joins Escape PHEV test program

Ford's test program for the Escape plug-in hybrid is expanding beyond the original partnership with Southern California Edison (SCE). The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will join the program, setting up a group of utilities in the New York-New Jersey area that will also participate in the test program of the twenty PHEV Escapes that Ford is building. The Escapes will initially be tested in California by SCE after which the fleet will be shared with the EPRI group. The expanded test program will help increase the understanding of the ... Read more →

95 years for a PHEV conversion to pay for itself in gas savings? Sam Abuelsamid

Last year, Google made some waves when they announced the RechargeIT project to convert a fleet of Toyota Priuses and Ford Escape hybrids to plug-in capability. The company has just issued their ...

New vocabulary: "Smartlets" could charge plug-in vehicles from sidewalk Sebastian Blanco

Smartlets. Sounds like a new, electrolyte-filled candy or something you plug into your MacBook. Instead, Smartlets are one idea that would provide power to plug-in electric vehicles like the Chevy ...

Electric Power Research Institute joins Escape PHEV test program 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford's test program for the Escape plug-in hybrid is expanding beyond the original partnership with Southern California Edison (SCE). The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will join the program, setting up a group of utilities in the New York-New Jersey area that will also participate in the ...

95 years for a PHEV conversion to pay for itself in gas savings? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last year, Google made some waves when they announced the RechargeIT project to convert a fleet of Toyota Priuses and Ford Escape hybrids to plug-in capability. The company has just issued their first progress report on the program, and the results may be disappointing for those promoting plug-in ...

New vocabulary: "Smartlets" could charge plug-in vehicles from sidewalk 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Smartlets. Sounds like a new, electrolyte-filled candy or something you plug into your MacBook. Instead, Smartlets are one idea that would provide power to plug-in electric vehicles like the Chevy Volt or the Saturn Vue. Partners Richard Lowenthal, CEO of California-based Coulomb Technologies, and ...


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