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Old 05-21-2006, 10:45 PM
tomdavie tomdavie is offline
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Default Re: hybrid plug ins

guys


you sound like you know more about the engineering than i do. I am just a utopian i guess.

i agree roch that there are several mechanical bugs, but the Cal Cars guy and others have actually converted a prius and it works wonders. Dont know about a full blown SUV.

I think pluggin in at night , coupled with lighter storage batteries should solve these problems. Running on straight EV is already avail on priuses in europe and we still have the EV switch on them here.

I guess i am leapfrogging a few years into the future when we can all plug into the grid at night and do light driving during the day on the battery alone -but still be hybrid plus ICE for longer trips.
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