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Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

To maximize performance, electricity consumption and driving range, the Mirai has regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. A maintenance-free car for about $21,000 sounds pretty enticing. Photos by John Faulkner and Toyota.

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

Creative Greenius

He didn’t subtract the maintenance costs you’ll no longer have, including things like smog checks too. Frank didn’t mention anything about the different cities like Portland and San Jose to name a couple who are building the first wave of plug in infrastructure. Greetings From Plugged-In San Jose.

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Azure Dynamics announces sales of 29 Transit Connect Electrics

Green Car Congress

Azure Dynamics has agreements with more than 150 Ford commercial truck dealerships in markets across North America, 90 of which support sales and service activities for Transit Connect Electric and in six countries throughout Europe representing 13 dealerships with 57 store locations. Mission Valley Ford in San Jose, CA (2 units).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we San Jose Mercury News ).

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

Luckily no one was really at Plug-In 2009 to hear the Three Car Stooges at this point, they don’t have any pleasant surprises in store for us. At the 2008 Plug-In Conference in San Jose, Coulomb had the charging game all to themselves, but they were one of half a dozen charging players at this year’s show.

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