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Event: 2022 Chicago Auto Show

Clean Fleet Report

Two themes emerged from the 2022 Chicago Auto Show: special edition vehicles and those powered by some sort of electricity. The special edition vehicles included trucks and SUVs sporting an array of accessories and trim kits, while cars and SUVs using electricity are continuing to grow more dominant by the day. Story by John Faulkner.

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Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

Green Car Congress

kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Some previous Prius plug-in conversion kits allowed motorists to go as fast as 52 miles per hour using a “forced stealth” mode.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Drivers of converted cars have received high levels of cooperation from dealer service departments so far. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies www.hevt.com Chicago, IL converts Ford F-150 pickup trucks. The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.) See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. Chicago Tribune ) DaimlerChrysler 12/22/06 [DaimlerChrysler Group research chief Thomas Weber] played down the importance for passenger cars of plug-in hybrid technology that is getting lots of attention in the U.S. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

dealer network. The first car will be the Wheego Whip, which is most certainly not a smart for two, and the plan is to find 50 dealers in America who want to sell them. I would however, take a serious look at smaller companies that have developed some very exciting alternative energy technology.

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