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Senator puts his money where his mouth is, plugs in his Prius

Senator Lamar Alexander has put his money where his energy policy mouth is and shelled out the $10,000 it costs to have a Prius converted by A123 Systems to a plug-in type hybrid. The senator says he gets 30 miles out of the lithium ion battery before the engine is called upon to do some work. Having only a 5 or 6 mile daily commute, Alexander has burned about half a tank a gas since sometime last July which is just a bit less than his former vehicle, a leased Nissan Maxima, would have burned. Of course, his motivation for the innovative ... Read more →

Plug-In Prius prototype in Nashville today Sebastian Blanco

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Next wave electric vehicles prompts opening of abandoned test track Joel Arellano

It seems a stretch to find a silver lining among air pollution and wars fought over fuel, but folks over at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) have found a vein. Researchers at UTC's ...

Senator puts his money where his mouth is, plugs in his Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Senator Lamar Alexander has put his money where his energy policy mouth is and shelled out the $10,000 it costs to have a Prius converted by A123 Systems to a plug-in type hybrid. The senator says he gets 30 miles out of the lithium ion battery before the engine is called upon to do some work. ...

Plug-In Prius prototype in Nashville today 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Congressional Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus is a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority area (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). Today, the Caucus will hold a field hearing on electric drive ...

Next wave electric vehicles prompts opening of abandoned test track 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It seems a stretch to find a silver lining among air pollution and wars fought over fuel, but folks over at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) have found a vein. Researchers at UTC's Advanced Transportation Technology Institute (ATTI) are convinced that the next wave of transportation ...


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