Category: Plug-In Hybrids

Adams Electric Cooperative in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania has announced that it will be utilizing the world’s first plug-in hybrid utility bucket truck. The PHEV was developed by DUECO, Inc. and ODYNE, Inc. and will serve the counties of Cumberland, upper Franklin and parts of York. The utility truck will have a standard diesel engine and transmission […]

V2Green Incorporated out of Seattle, Washington has announced a collaboration with Austin Energy out of Texas to test vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging of plug-hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The V2 Green technology will enable Smart Charging of PHEVs that are connected to the grid. One of the criticisms in the past in regard to all electric or […]

The Visionary Vehicles EVX / LS is a plug-in hybrid 5-seat automobile from the Bricklin Collection. Designed by Malcolm Bricklin and Herb Grasse, the Visionary Vehicles EVX / LS PHEV is a luxury sedan that will compete with Mercedes, BMW, Lexus and Jaguar for 20 to 30-percent less money, while achieving high mileage. With a […]

The Prius plug-in hybrid is a promising vehicle that Toyota has been touting. Toyota has decided to show off its Prius plug-in at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit to drum up excitement for the vehicle. In November, Toyota had given its Prius plug-in test cars to two University of California outlets […]

While there has been a lot of hoopla about hybrids of the plug-in variety from the large automakers such as Toyota, GM and Ford, there is a newly formed automaker who may just beat the other three to market. Fisker Coachbuild has teamed up with Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide to form a new company […]

When Toyota was developing the marketing campaign for the Prius, its number one goal was to educate consumers that this was a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle that didn’t have to be plugged in. Their thinking was that people really didn’t want to plug in their cars. This was either a miscalculation on Toyota’s part or the […]

Plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles are revolting against the rest of the marketplace. Or starting to. Toyota and General Motors have publically announced that they are working on plug-in versions of their Prius and Volt vehicles, respectively. Now, Ford has jumped into the plug-in fray announcing they will be giving 20 of these vehicles to Southern […]

Honda CEO Takeo Fukui has stated that plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles like the Chevy Volt currently under development make little sense. Is he missing the point or is this simply one-upsmanship? According to Fukui, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) won’t make a very big difference in cutting down on greenhouse gases that are harming the […]