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Formed in 1967 in San Jose, California, the EAA is a non-profit educational organization that promotes the advancement and widespread adoption of Electric Vehicles. This EAA-PHEV project began in October of 2005 in order to expand those efforts into the PHEV area by providing general information to curious parties and detailed conversion instruction to help guide experienced EV Converters through the process.
CalCars History...
PlugInPartners History...
Production PHEVs History...
Since this is a History page, it might be a good place to discuss the history of Hybrids.
Prius PHEVs
There have been a number of sucessful Prius conversions. Ron of CalCars has a PbA conversion named PriusPlus and EDrive is expected to use Valance Li-ion batteries in conversions for consumers. Both are based on the 2004 or newer (Gen2) Toyota Prius and are now capable of charging from the grid using standard 120vac outlets. They can operate as pure EV's at speeds up to 34mph for the range of their larger batteries, which is about 10 miles for PbA and 30 miles with Li-ion batteries. They also delivering vastly improved mileage at higher speeds in an EV-Heavy type of Mixed-mode which delivers roughly twice the gas mileage durring trips of twice their electric ranges (20 and 60 miles). Of course one should also consider the electric power required to recharge in these 100+ mpg situations (<$1 per gallon equivalent). During extended drives they operate just as a normal Prius and deliver their usual mileage.
See also
- WikiPedia:Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
- PriusPlus & Image:Calcars-logo-large.png
- EDrive Conversions
- Hymotion Kits
- Dr. Andrew Frank
- PlugInPartners
- DaimlerChrysler Sprinter Van
- Insight PHEV
- http://www.hybridconsortium.org/
- http://hybridconsortium.org/news/video/index.html - Will consumers plug in? Consumer Response.
- Interview with members of the new Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Consortium.
- Prius EV Mode Button - Wayne Brown
- The SEVA:Tzero is an all electric vehicle sports ev with 300 miles of range. Though it can also function as a PHEV at about 30mpg on gas utilizing it's gas powered range extending trailer. In which case it becomes a PHEV-300 with unlimited gas range.
- Hybrid Truck Project
- An interesting projects to convert an existing Hybrid commuter bus into a PHEV Recreational Vehicle.
- http://www.maxmpg.org/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/44593
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/43572
- Prof Jim Burns
- SDSU L3 Prof Jim Burns- Diesel Plugin Hybrid
- http://www.greencarcongress.com/2004/05/biodiesel_hybri.html
This doesn't look like it pluggs in?
- http://www.greencarcongress.com/2004/05/biodiesel_hybri.html
- SDSU L3 Prof Jim Burns- Diesel Plugin Hybrid
News Articles
See also News
- State of the Union - What Bush Should be Saying. [1]
- http://www.evworld.com/electrichybrid.cfm
- alternet.org Car Owners in the Driver's Seat
- evworld.com Plug in my hybrid car? Why, you ask?
- Yahoo PriusPlus - Jul 1, 2004
- Yahoo Gridable- Hybrids - Sep 15, 2003
- delphi.com techpaper on HFC PHEVs - A step beyond PHEV? EVDL Yahoo EVDL_Maillist:2006./1./140