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Hybrid
Current Hybrids (HEV) such as the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius, unfortunently, are not electric vehicles, as they can not use electricity as an external fuel source. Rather they are gas cars that can do some electric car tricks, but not the most important one which is the ability to not use gassoline as fuel, so they may become the missing link of vehicles. By not burning combustables in a heat engine which is unlikely to maximize the utilization of it's waste heat as would Cogeneration, current hybrids still waste most of the energy content of their fuel. Rather than a way to transition away from gasoline they are merely a way to slightly reduce consumption. It's the transitioning away from gas as a fuel source which should be a major transportation development priority, as the president said "America is addicted to oil", Plug-In Hybrids may be a big part of the solution.
Since currently no production PHEVs exist, Hybrid Conversions are hybrids which have been modifies such that they can use gas or electricity as sources of fuel, they can plug-in to fuel up with gas or electricity. These are usually one-of-a-kind modified hybrids.
Hybrids can be clasified as Series Hybrids like diesel locomotives, very heavy machinery, and EV's with pushers or on board generators; Parallel Hybrids such as the Honda's IMA WikiPedia:Integrated Motor Assist; and Series-Parallel Hybrids like Toyota's HSD WikiPedia:Hybrid Synergy Drive, Ford's Full Hybrid System WikiPedia:Ford Escape Hybrid, and General Motors and DaimlerChrysler's AHS2 WikiPedia:Advanced Hybrid System 2.
Current Production Hybrid include | ||
Year | Make and Model | PHEV Versions |
2000 | Honda Insight | Insight PHEV ideas |
2002 | Honda Civic Hybrid | none yet |
2005 | Honda Accord Hybrid | none yet |
2000 | Toyota Prius | none yet |
2004 | Toyota Prius | Prius PHEV |
2006 | Toyota Camry Hybrid | none yet |
2005 | Toyota Highlander Hybrid | none yet |
2005 | Lexus RX 400h | none yet |
2005 | Ford Escape Hybrid | none yet |
2006 | Mercury Mariner Hybrid | none yet |
2006 | Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid | maybe never, it's a Mild hybrid |
- Toyota Sales Michelle Vadeboncoeur
Prototype Hybrids:
- EVDL - Low-cost hybrid version of Honda Fit subcompact car, Yahoo Prius-G2, Yahoo honda-hybrid
- ? Azure Dynamics Corporation
- ? Hino Hybrid Trucks - Tractor Trucks
- ? GM commuter busses
- 2006 Detroit, Los Angeles Auto Show Index Hybrids
- PSA Peugeot Citroen Diesel Hybrid - by 2010
Other Links
- WikiPedia:Hybrid vehicle - WikiPedia:List of hybrid vehicles
- http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Hybrid_Vehicles
- http://www.greenhybrid.com
- http://www.hybridcenter.org
- http://www.hybrid-vehicles.net
- http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities
- http://www.ctts.nrel.gov/analysis/hev_test/data.shtml - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Testing (Insight and Prius)
- http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm
- http://www.hybridfest.com
- Hybrid Cost Calculators - [5] [6], [7]
- PSD a Misnomer should be Torque Split Device
Emergency Response Safety
- Honda
- Toyota Prius G1 Prius G2
- Ford [8]
- LA County EV & Hybrid Vehicle Hazards
- Bad Press ( “At this point, it’s totally overemphasized as a hazard” )
News
The CalCars_Maillist: is a great resource for current news regarding PHEVs, visit the Official CalCars-News Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news.
See also:
- The Gridable_Maillist: or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids
- The PriusPlus_Maillist: or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus
- Our EAA-PHEV_Maillist: or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eaa-phev
http://www.komotv.com/news/images/hybrid_sealion_011106.jpg
- January 11, 2006 - Sea Lion Gives New Hybrid Cars His Seal Of Approval video
- Hybrid Taxes uschamber.com
- 2005.11.25 - Yahoo Prius-2G Chamber Suggests Taxing Hybrids and Billing Drivers By the Mile
- 2005.11.26 - EVDL Extra TAX on High-Milage Hybrids ?? WHAT !!
- 2005.11.25 - mercurynews.com Report suggests taxing hybrids, billing drivers by mile
- 2005.08.23 - cnn.com Cars with electric appeal - Video
- 2005.08.23 - wusatv.com - Blast Columnist For Remarks On Emergency Crews, Hybrid Vehicles Y
- In reference to Brock Yates, Hybrid issues, and a rising star at Indy.
- 2005.08.21 - delawareonline.com More drivers turning to hybrid options