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You don't have to plug it in. But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. So you'll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances.
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But they've needed definitive proof that PHEVs won't increase pollution
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battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars
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9 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh
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30 miles of electric driving will cost 81 cents.
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11 Jan 11
Zach AndresNumbers and facts on the benefits of plug-in hybrids (or PHEVs).
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- How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle?
- If your driving is mostly local, you'd almost never need to gas-up.
- Lifetime service costs are lower for a vehicle that is mainly electric.
- A PHEV can provide power to an entire home in the case of an outage; A fleet of PHEVs could power critical systems during emergencies.
We can achieve that -- today -- with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). A PHEV is essentially a regular hybrid with an extension cord. You can fill it up at the gas station, and you can plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. It's like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon.
You don't have to plug it in. But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. So you'll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances.
But wait, there's more:
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electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars
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Only PHEVs and battery EVs get cleaner as they get older - because the electric grid gets cleaner every decade. Plus more people are installing rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, and clean wind power is vastly expanding nationally (see study by eminent environmentalist Lester Brown cited at CalCars Kudos). Finally, looking at the non-electric fuel, instead of using gasoline for long-trips, PHEVs could run on bio-diesel, cellulose ethanol, or other bio-fuels to further reduce greenhouse gases.
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16 Nov 10
phoenix2lifePlug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)
PluginHybrids PHEVs cars hybrid electric calcars for:abhilasha.borse@yahoo.com for:@twitter
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13 Dec 09
Patrick Dhybrid batteries
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05 Jul 08
Neal AggarwalI can make this conversion for you. If you need this done please bring your Prius to me and we'll discuss costs, time frames etc. Please note that I will only work on Generation 3 or later Prii - that is 2004 and later models.
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mandarineA current Prius can get 100mpg city by adding an extra battery that's charged via a wall socket.
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