Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles (PHEV) more efficient!

Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles (PHEV)		Created: 2005-04-05 Updated: 2006-06-29 In Swedish
Time for a truly environmental car ! A sustainable car is driven by an electric motor! Both consumers and producers agrees on this - see illustrations=> For every day use the Plug-In Hybrid Vehicel is charged from the grid and runs on only electricity. For longer trips also the on-board power generator (an ICE or a Fuel Cell) will be used.	New electric cars	Austin in the lead
Consumers want to buy Plug-In Cars! A National Campaign starts in the USA on Tuesday: Plug-In Partners How will Europe react?	An EPRI Study from 2001 shows: Consumers would choose more expensive Hybrids. More information "State of the Art" Memo in Swedish (April 2005)
Do You want to support this campaign?! In the US: Become a Plug-In Partner In Europe: Contact Jan Johanson on phone or e-mail =>	ZEEnergy Network J A Johanson +46 855 92 4084 E-mail (in code d): jdadjohansondzeenergydnet

In the press
2006-06-08	The Economist: Plugging into the future
2006-04-28	New York Times: Plug in your hybrid, pollute less?
2006-04-20	AutoWeek: Plug it in, plug it in
2006-04	Motor Magazine: When the President endorses this evolving technology ... (pdf)
2006-04-16	Newsday: Bush gives hybrids a plug
2006-03-30	Saab shows an Ethanol Hybrid Concept car with Plug-in facility to come. News article in "Dagens Nyheter" (in Swedish): New Saab 20 km pollution free
2006-03-23	Detroit Free Press: Plug-in feature could bolster hybrid models
2006-01-31	President Bush announces the Advanced Energy Initiative, including Plug-In Hybrids
2006-01-26	2½. minute in a regional news program on the Swedish Public Service Broadcaster
2006-01-24	National campaign starts in Washington DC. Watch the Web Cast!
2006-01-16	The New York Governor promotes Plug-In Hybrids. Propose 10 M US$ to development (press relaese)
2005-11	EPRI Journal: Driving the Soultion: The Plug-In-Hybrid Vehicle =>
2005-09-22	Christian Science Monitor: Plug-in hybrids: a here-and-now alternative
2005-08-14	Vancouver Sun: Tinkerers modify their hybrid cars to vastly improve gas mileage
2005-08-01	Toronto Star: Plug in to new hybrid concepts
2005-07-17	LA Times (Cover Story; Sunday Magazine): Running on Empty Dan Neil: I can't be sure if plug-in hybrids will work for everybody, but 4 cents a mile works for me.
2005-07-14	IEEE Spectrum: Take This Car And PLUG IT
2005-06-25	LA Times: Plugged-In Hybrid Tantalizes Car Buffs
2005-04-13	Ny Teknik: Saabs ingenjörer bygger ny elhybrid (in Swedish)
2005, v 15	Business Week: Giving Hybrids A Real Jolt
2005-04-02	New York Times: Hybrid-Car Tinkerers Scoff at No-Plug-In Rule
2005-03-07	Newsweek: Imagine 500 Miles Per Gallon

News from the Industry
Saab presents a Concept Car: BioPower Hybrid , with lithium batteries and planned for Plug-In facility. (March 31, 2006)		Toyota "will advance its development of plug-in hybrid vehicles" (June 2006) AQMD (South California) extends Plug-In deployment (April 2006) DaimlerChrysler expands the test fleet of Plug-In Hybrids. (March 30, 2006)

Hybrid Consortium formed in the USA. (Aug. 2005)		Two of the largest battery producers in a Joint Venture to develop lithium batteries to hybrid vehicles. (Jan. 2006)

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