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FPL Group and Duke Energy Pledge 10-year, $600M+ Commitment to Transition Fleets to PHEVs and EVs

Green Car Congress

Duke Energy and FPL Group will begin this transition in the coming years with the goal that 100% of all new fleet vehicles will be plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by 2020. Through its subsidiaries, FPL Group collectively operates the third-largest US nuclear power generation fleet.

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RMI Launches Project Get Ready to Help Communities Prepare for Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He also designed a virtual world game from the ground up (since 2008, still a work in progress). Academically, he earned a Masters in Environmental Science from Drexel University and an MBA with a focus on Sustainability from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He also designed a virtual world game from the ground up (since 2008, still a work in progress). Academically, he earned a Masters in Environmental Science from Drexel University and an MBA with a focus on Sustainability from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. Basin Electric Power Cooperative , 2008 Ford Escape by Hymotion, Oct 2007 (Bismark, ND), contact Chris VandeVenter.

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