Is it possible to buy a hybrid or electric conversion kit for a conventional gasoline engine car?
I was thinking about buying a bmw 3 series sedan but the only thing holding me back is the fuel mileage it gets. I started looking into conversion kits that can turn a car into a hybrid or electric car. I couldn’t find any specific kits so I don’t know if the technology is out […]
Hybrid Truck Demo
This a video summarizing Palmer Trucks and Kenworth Truck Company at the Battery, Electric, Hybrid Vehicle Symposium at Ivy Tech, Lafayette Campus in the Fall 2009. It shows pictures and a breif video how the hybrid works in a medium duty application. The truck will be at the 2nd Annual Palmer Truck and Equipment Show, […]
ABOUT HYBRID ELECTRIC CARS?
Why, instead of using 2 engines, they don’t get rid of the combustion engine and replace it with a gasoline generator engine to charge the batteries as soon as they get to certain low level, once fully charged it will disengage till the the batteries get low again…and so on. This engine would be much […]
Gov. Pat Quinn at Governor’s Green Expo
Image taken on 2009-04-21 12:51:46 by Center for Neighborhood Technology.
Would electric cars actually be worse on emmisions than normal/hybrid cars?
Normal cars would use fuel with an efficiency of about 30%, using the fuel directly and releasing gasses into the atmosphere, which is bad. But can it be that normal cars/especially hybrids would be better for the enviroment? -Because an electric car uses electricity which is generated far away usually by means of burning fossil […]
Bennett Test Drives Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car
Senator Bob Bennett (R-Utah) test drives an advanced hydrogen fuel cell car. Bennett was the first senator to drive a hybrid vehicle when he purchased a 2000 Honda Insight, the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle sold in the United States.
which is better in terms of quality gas, hybrid or electric cars?
ok guys environment aside which of these cars provide a better drive quality
Peter explaining I-GO benefits
Image taken on 2009-04-21 12:06:36 by Center for Neighborhood Technology.
Does Obama’s motorcade of SUVs and Caddys, no hybrid/electric cars, demonstrate his dedication to a GREEN U.S.?
By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog My nephew met the president. It happened Saturday during an impromptu family outing to The Dairy Godmother, a well-known frozen custard store near my home in Alexandria, Va. Coming out the door, my lemon lavender sorbet cone in hand, I noticed a man with an odd-shaped pin in […]
Honda Civic Hybrid Review – Kelley Blue Book
FORMORE CAR VIDEOS & REVIEWS VISIT: www.kbb.com Honda Civic Hybrid. Honda introduced the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle to the American market in 1999, although the two-seat Honda Insight captured few buyers. But soon after that step, Honda took the hybrid vehicle concept to primetime in its hot-selling Civic line. Now a second-generation Honda Civic Hybrid […]
Dr. Johnny’s Car Clinic: No shock here: Electric cars grow in popularity
Dr. Johnny’s Car Clinic: No shock here: Electric cars grow in popularity I am often asked what the difference is between an electric vehicle and an electric car? Electric vehicles are any vehicles that use electric motors for propulsion. Electric cars, on the other hand, more specifically means an automobile that is powered by electricity. […]
explain how electric cars and or hybrid cars compare, in terms of acceleration, with cars fueled by gasoline.?
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Hybrid/Electric Cars are definitely the way to go – but can someone explain why they have to be so ugly?
Just wondering.
Sign of the Times
Image taken on 2009-08-30 14:14:54 by Tom Verre.
Can you buy a pure electric car?
I was wondering if the electric car was really dead. Can you purshase an electric vehicle (not a hybrid)? I watched the documentary “how killed the eletric car?” and was just wondering about it, since the technology cleary exists; Is there a way to get an electric car anywhere in the world?
Do hybrid cars use their electric motors when accelerating at high speeds?
Hamilton: Electric cars coming, but can California take charge?
Hamilton: Electric cars coming, but can California take charge? Lotus Land utilities are quietly “freaking out†at the prospect of dense clusters of vehicle owners wanting to charge up simultaneously Read more on Toronto Star
Silent threat
Silent threat The age of the silent hybrid may be coming to an end. Read more on The Star
Thru electric and hybid vehicles, is it really possible to break our dependency on fossil fuels?
The development of hybrid and electric vehicles is evidence that we do indeed have the technology to make our lives better and environment cleaner in the world of transportation….but is there really a chance that alternative powered vehicles have a chance of staying alive against the big business of the oil industry?
Are the major car companies ever going to provide a decent Hybrid/Electric car?
Or is it going to be Saturn electric car all over again? The technology is available to easily provide 100mpg, yet we are still stuck with the Prius.