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Dominion Virginia Power Tests Plug-In Hybrid Cars, Hybrid Bucket Trucks

Green Car Congress

Dominion Virginia Power has added two plug-in electric hybrid cars and two hybrid-powered bucket trucks to its fleet as part of its efforts to determine the impact of plug-in vehicles on electricity demand and to find ways to conserve energy and reduce vehicle emissions. The company uses approximately 1.7

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Flash Drive: 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus

Clean Fleet Report

When Clean Fleet Report has the opportunity to drive the Polestar 3 for a week, as opposed to a couple hours as we did for this review, we will report in detail on the features, performance, efficiency and real world driving range. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class.

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National Labs Developing Methodology for Estimating Real World Fuel and Electricity Consumption of Plug-in Hybrids Based on Dynamometer Data

Green Car Congress

This was highlighted by the reaction to GM’s announcement that the Chevy Volt would attain 230 mpg in the city cycle, given a single charge per day, along with combined cycle electricity consumption of 25 kWh/100 miles, based on a draft EPA methodology. L/100 km (55 mpg) and electricity consumption of 5.5 Source: Gonder et al.

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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. We estimate there are between 125-150 PHEVs worldwide at this time; we hope to get the rest of them on the list! 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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