I am a very huge supporter of plug-in hybrids.
Plug-in hybrids give consumers choice and freedom.
They give them a choice as to whether or not they want to fuel their car with gasoline or if they want to simply plug it in at night and drive about 100-250 miles.
It also gives you freedom from the gas pump.
I want you to imagine a hybrid car that achieves more than 100 mpg. Well, you don't have to, it already exists.
Imagine coming home from work in your Toyota Prius or Ford Escape hybrid and plugging it into your house and producing enough clean energy to get the average commuter to work and back tomorrow for less than a $1.00 per gallon.
Gasoline electric hybrids are not just a good powertrain to help clean the environment and end foreign oil dependency, but to advance fuel cells, solar and wind power as well.
Already several organizations, such as CalCars.org, are converting 2004 Toyota Prius hybrids into Prius hybrid plug-ins. This enables the Prius to run on pure electricity up to 35 mph. At higher speeds, the Prius plug-in functions just as a standard Prius.Other experimental plug-in hybrids have achieved even greater fuel efficiency.
I know what you're thinking:Don't plug-in hybrids use coal-powered electricity?Of course, just plugging your car battery into one of your home's sockets isn't much of a benefit to the environment if coal is the ultimate source of most electricity, right?Wrong. From well-to-wheel, electric power is still far cleaner than using gasoline according to several studies.Of course, plugging your vehicle into a solar powered socket, on the other hand, would produce completely clean energy.Still, it's not that you have to plug it in, rather it's that you can plug it in.
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hybrid_car_plug_in_hybrid_car.html^^^It's not your imagination. This is an electric car.^^Electric Car Prototypes.http://www.pluginamerica.com/width="425" height="350"
