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| Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles |
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A video by Plug-in Partners promoting the many
benefits of Plugin Hybrids Electric Vehicles. If
the current U.S. vehicle fleet were replaced
overnight with PHEVs, oil consumption would
decrease by 70 to 90 percent, eliminating the need
for oil imports and leaving the U.S.
self-sufficient in oil for many years to come.
Even if the electrical power for those vehicles
were drawn from coal-fired power plants, CO2
emissions would drop by more than half. If the
power were produced by renewable energy sources,
and the fuel in the tank were biodiesel or
ethanol, the proposition gets exponentially
better.
And you can get 100+ MPG!
Tags : Electric Car Hybrid Plugin Oil PHEV Coal Vehicles Who Killed |
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| EarthDay 2007: ZAP! Electric Vehicles - The Showroom Tour |
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Alex Campbell, ZAP! Communications, gives us a
tour of the ZAP! showroom in Santa Rosa, CA. Part
1 of 3.
ZAP has been a leader in advanced transportation
technologies since 1994, delivering over 90,000
vehicles to consumers in more than 75 countries.
At the forefront of fuel-efficient transportation
with new technologies including energy efficient
gas systems, hydrogen, electric, fuel cell,
ethanol, hybrid and other innovative power
systems, ZAP is developing a high-performance
crossover SUV electric car concept called ZAP-X
engineered by Lotus Engineering. The Company
recently launched a new portable energy technology
that manages power for mobile electronics, like
cell phones and laptops.
Hedge Funds Back $79 Million Order for ZAP (OTC
BB:ZAAP) Electric Cars
ZAP announces its largest order for electric
vehicles in history
April 18, 2007 - Electric car pioneer ZAP ( has
received an order for $79 Million from a
Chicago-based start-up, The Electric Vehicle
Company.
http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=4910
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| Lotus Underwhelms: 2006 Lotus Exige by Secant Vehicles |
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LOTUS EXIGE:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FullTe
sts/articleId=128546
The last time we saw an American entrepreneur
stuffing a powerful American-built engine into an
unsuspecting British sports car, it was the 1960s
and it was Carroll Shelby. The meek AC Ace
roadster was, shall we say, invigorated by his
fitment of the Ford V8 into its lightweight body
shell.
Fast-forward nearly a half-century. Secant
Vehicles, a small start-up headquartered in San
Francisco, has developed a GM Ecotec engine
conversion for every Lotus Elise (or Exige) built
since the waspish midengine sports car's 2005
introduction.
The players are different, but the three-step
formula for the Lotus Exige by Secant is the same
as Shelby's:
Step 1 — Find a small car.
Step 2 — Add power.
Step 3 — Kick ass.
So has history been repeated? We drove Secant's
development car, a 2006 Lotus Exige equipped with
the optional Track Pack suspension, to find out.
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