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VOLVO RECHARGE CONCEPT CAR

Posted by CharlesC on Apr-15-2009

Volvo Cars has been performing driving tests with its plug-in hybrid concept car, the Volvo C30 ReCharge Concept, which was first presented in autumn 2007. Used in the most effective way, this concept car cuts emissions of CO2 by about 65% compared with other hybrid cars available on the market today. Volvo Car Corporation is also launching a joint broad-based research venture, together with electricity provider Vattenfall, Saab Automobile, ETC AB and the Swedish state, to develop technology …

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RAV4-EV Secrets: Plugs into solar, instant Volt

Posted by CharlesC on Apr-13-2009

RAV4-EV can be plugged into the wall, or into a rooftop solar system, can be fast-charged, can be controlled by the owner. A fast charger could have been installed by Toyota to plug into the wail. Add a small engine-generator, and it’s an instant plug-in serial hybrid with 120 miles of all-electric range, 3 times what the proposed Volt would have (if GM were serious). Proves that GM could make such a car right now, is stalling and lying. AMAZING, people see the EV and solar power, and want …

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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Posted by CharlesC on Apr-13-2009

A video by Plug-in Partners promoting the many benefits of Plugin Hybrids Electric Vehicles. If the current US vehicle fleet were replaced overnight with PHEVs, oil consumption would decrease by 70 to 90 percent, eliminating the need for oil imports and leaving the US self-sufficient in oil for many years to come. Even if the electrical power for those vehicles were drawn from coal-fired power plants, CO2 emissions would drop by more than half. If the power were produced by renewable energy …

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3 Prong Power Plug In Hybrid

Posted by CharlesC on Apr-11-2009

This is my Plug In Hybrid Car Featuring: Daniel Sherwood – 3 Prong Power Edited By: Daniel Bell – Sustainable Spaces

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