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* 2012.07.21 - [http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/21/business/la-fi-0721-autos-electric-vehicles-20120721 Plug-in hybrid sales soar; all-electric car sales stay slow - LA Times]
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* 2012.summer [http://engineering.ucdavis.edu/magazine/issues/SU12EngineeringProgress.pdf UC Davis Alums Drive "clean" vehicle breakthroughs - Engineering UC Davis Magazine - summer 2012 pdf]
 
* 2012.04.04 - [http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/father-plug-hybrids-still-race-finish-162418726.html?page=all How the father of plug-in hybrids still has a race to finish - Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos]
 
* 2012.04.04 - [http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/father-plug-hybrids-still-race-finish-162418726.html?page=all How the father of plug-in hybrids still has a race to finish - Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos]
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* 2011.06.24 - [http://blog.euec.com/?p=197 A Fifteen Year Roadmap Toward Complete Energy Sustainability - EUEC Blog]
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* 2011.06.21 - [http://www.myperfectautomobile.com/plug-in-cars/hall-fame-dr-andrew-frank-hailed-father-hybrid.html Hall of Fame: Dr. Andrew Frank Hailed as “Father of the Hybrid” - My Perfect Automobile]
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* 2009.06.25 [http://featured.matternetwork.com/2009/6/evs-can-cut-cost-mass_5305.cfm EVs Can Cut Cost of Mass Transit - matternetwork]
 
* 2007.02.23 - [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/car/upda-070223.html Frank Talk and Fresh Air]
 
* 2007.02.23 - [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/car/upda-070223.html Frank Talk and Fresh Air]
 
* 2006.05.18 - [http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7761 New Super-Efficient Plug-in Hybrid Unveiled]
 
* 2006.05.18 - [http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7761 New Super-Efficient Plug-in Hybrid Unveiled]

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Andrew Frank - 2012



Dr. Andrew Alfonso Frank of W:University of California, Davis and his teams of students have been experimenting with various advanced vehicle technologies for the last 25 years. He is most widely recognized as the father of the modern plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV)

  • 2005 - Trinity - 2006 Chevy Equinox, participating in the Challenge X competition. [1]
  • 2002 - Yosemite - 2002 Ford Explorer converted to a battery dominant hybrid electric vehicle.
  • 2000 - Sequoia - 2000 Chevrolet Suburban with a Parallel Hybrid Powertrain.
  • 1998 - Coulomb - hybrid-electric Mercury Sable AIV.
  • 1997 - Joule - 1996 Ford Taurus converted to a hybrid electric vehicle.
  • 1993 - AfterShock - "Ground-up" hybrid electric vehicle.

See also

Dr. Andy Frank in the News