Posts Tagged ‘PHEV’
Plug In 2009: Rapid Electric Vehicles REV’s up Fleet Sales
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, event
During Plug In 2009 in Long Beach Calif., I was introduced to the REV™ 300 ACX electric vehicle, an OEM Ford Escape vehicle with its internal combustion engine and related drive and fuel components completely removed.
Based in Vancouver, BC, REV stands for Rapid Electric Vehicles, and founder/CEO Jay Giraud states there is no re-engineering performed [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, Clean Energy, electric car, EV, hybrid, Lithium-Ion, Matt_Kelly, PHEV, plug-in, REV
2009 Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Automation Tech
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, event
During Hybridfest Green Drive Expo in Madison, Wisc., I met Jack Chen of Automation Tech, Inc. Located in Warren, Mich., Automation Tech is the exclusive US distributor of the Enginer Prius PHEV conversion kit with Lithium Phosphate battery, manufactured in Shanghai, China.
As exclusive distributors, Jack’s mission is to bring affordable hybrid conversion kits to the [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, EV, Hybridfest, Matt_Kelly, PHEV, plug-in, Prius
Pursu-ing Mobility, 3-wheels at a time
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation
This past week while chatting with The Courage Group’s urban planner Ray Gordon, who writes a blog Courageous Futures, I had the good fortune to meet Howard Levine, founder and COO of Persu Mobility. Formerly Venture Vehicles, the company is working on producing a PHEV, similar to the U.K.’s Carver, yet using a totally new [...]
Tags: 3_Wheeler, battery, Carver, cool, Courageous, drag_coefficient, DVC, Dynamic_Vehicle_Control, EV, HOV, Howard_Levine, motorcycle, mpg, mph, Persu, PHEV, Ray_Gordon, speed, stimulus, ULV, Venture_Vehicles
150 MPG with AFS Trinity’s PHEV Technology
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
Prior to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), one news story getting a lot of traction was the conversion of a Saturn Hybrid into a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) capable of 150 miles per gallon. So I was quite excited to speak with Don Bender, chief technology officer for AFS Trinity, the [...]
Tags: AFS Trinity, Don Bender, Extreme Hybrid, hybrid, NAIAS, North American International Auto Show, PHEV, Saturn
Altairnano’s Revolutionary Battery
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
In the race to bring to market the first scalable PHEV, it all comes down to developing the best battery that delivers the furthest range, longest life and lowest cost. And one company may have it figured out. Altairnano, a Reno, Nev.-based company with prototyping and design operations in Andersen, Ind., has patented a battery [...]
Tags: Alan Gotcher, Altairnano, nanobattery, PHEV
Vehicle to Grid, part 2
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
One of the new technologies that has me very excited is the promise of V2G, or Vehicle to Grid, technology, where PHEV’s plug into the electric grid to help handle periods of peak energy demand. In this second of a two-part series, I delve further into this idea, and the potential it holds for a [...]
Tags: PG&E, PHEV, smart grid, Sven Thesen, V2G, Vehicle to Grid
A123Systems Powers Battery Technology
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
It’s no secret that we rely on our batteries to power just about every consumer electronic device, or that we are increasingly relying on those devices for just about everything we do. Lithium-Ion batteries are considered the next generation battery technology, offering longer life at a lower cost. This technology is also being looked at [...]
Tags: A123Systems, David Vieau, GM, Lithium-Ion, MIT, Motorola, PHEV, Plug-In Hybrid, Qualcomm
EnergyCS and EDrive: Battery Powered!
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
So how much does it cost to convert a Prius into a PHEV? I spoke with Greg Hanssen, partner in Monrovia, Calif.’s EnergyCS and president of its offshoot, EDrive Systems, to find out. Along with his company, he has done about 12 conversions for state, government, electricity utilities and fleet customers, with support from Valence [...]
Tags: EDrive Systems, EnergyCS, Greg Hanssen, Pete Nortman, PHEV, Prius, Saphion, Valence Technologies
The Benefits of Plugging In
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
“Green tech is the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century,” says CalCars.org’s Felix Kramer. I spoke with Kramer at the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo in Santa Monica, Calif., about the promise of PHEVs and “plugging in,” the non-partisan group Set America Free and what else Congress needs to do to make this technology [...]
Tags: CalCars, Felix Kramer, PHEV, Set America Free