Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

h8tow8ck Says:

May 1, 2008 - So this is the same as the vehicles being sold by Miles Electric Vehicles except they are hybrids?

Devourer09 Says:

May 4, 2008 - Sound tooo low!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bluebike10 Says:

May 4, 2008 - We need to develop plug in hybrids that look like normal cars and dont say hybrid in big letters across the side, saying I'm a hippie. Because Im not a hippie. I dont even car about the global warming. I just want to save money. I like the milage the Prius gets but its so fucking ugly that id rather just keep driving my 12mph old truck.

cdltpx Says:

May 4, 2008 - Based on 45% highway driving, 55% city driving, $3.26 gal 15,000 annual miles and 300K miles. = fuel cost over prius.Then final number compounded 20years@10% . Toyota Prius48cty/45hy $1061/$21,220=$0./$0. GMC Acadia FWD6 cyl,3.6L, Automatic 6-spd,16/24 $2572 $51,440=$30,220/$84,443 Honda Ridgeline Truck 4WD6 cyl, 3.5 L, Automatic 5-spd,15/20 $2875 $57,500=$36,280/ $126,490 You are giving away over 100k to look cool. We refuel the prius 2x a month period and usually have 1/4 tank when we do.

cdltpx Says:

May 4, 2008 - I agree If we had a car with 300 mile range we would be set we could rent a car when we needed to go on a long trip use EV for the around town use. We rented a Cadillac that had less than 2k miles on it custom rims very nice returned the car with 6040 miles on it with 2 hours left on a 7day rental under $300 rental drove to LACA from Biloxi Ms. Spent more on fuel than rental. Personal car broke a week after returning glad we rented the part would have ripped the wheel off probably at 70 mph.

emoshunz Says:

May 7, 2008 - forgive this question if it sounds ignorant... is what they are talking about like the prius in that the ice runs the wheels directly as well, or does it simply charge the batteries? i think the latter would make more sense, as the ice could be smaller.

CinetopiaNet Says:

May 15, 2008 - The technology exists today to mass-produce cost-effective PHEVs, but the global auto and energy industries keep Americans addicted to gas-guzzlers and non-renewable energy because generating "money" (debt) is the purpose of the Federal Reserve Corporation. Congress can and must replace Fed debt "dollars" with US renewable energy credits (US RECs) to reverse the suicidal warfare "economy". (A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order)

rjxx1xx Says:

May 20, 2008 - yeah mate, I watched that 2 months ago. thats what got me here. It's disgusting, isn't it?

ecyuodew Says:

May 22, 2008 - wen these things come out? i'm trying to hold off another year to wait until another better inventions comes out. u never know!

sas556 Says:

May 23, 2008 - The first will come out in 2009-2010. But the most famous (The Volt) might not.

jvittes Says:

Jun 19, 2008 - "If the current U.S. vehicle fleet were replaced overnight with PHEVs, oil consumption would decrease by 70 to 90 percent" Seems a bit of a stretch considering that some 20+% of the car owners (apartment renters/condo owners) will have nowhere to plug in their car, since they don't park their car close to an outlet at home or work. Until the infrastructure is there to support these vehicles adaption rate will not be that high.

llojaw Says:

Jun 21, 2008 - I NEED A ELECTRIC CAR.

KnightChatX Says:

Jun 25, 2008 - Higher primary electrical demand.

hamstenator Says:

Jul 2, 2008 - Exactly, the concept is VERY appealing and I'm 100% behind it, but a lot of poeple have nowhere to plug in their car. I don't think any of my friends have access to an outlet where they park their cars. But if all the people who does switched, it'd still be a huge improvement. The rest could wait for infrastructure for either an EV or Hydrogen car.

drmodestoesq Says:

Jul 3, 2008 - I've seen, or heard, more acurately, this problem on my computer too. Then I discovered that the sound was being arbitrarily turned down by windows. It wasn't just me, I've seen a friends computer do this too. So go to your Settings then Control Panel then Sounds and Audio Devices then Sound Playback, here you click the volume button. If you see the slides are not turned up you know this is the problem. I hope this helps.

drmodestoesq Says:

Jul 3, 2008 - Mr Forlorn Studios, do you think that "smug" was not actually a mispelling?

Devourer09 Says:

Jul 3, 2008 - Nope. I know what you're talking about and that's more like a Yahoo! messenger thing. Youtube wouldn't do this.

qernst8 Says:

Jul 23, 2008 - The Volt actually is due in 2010 as well. :)

nextgenerationinvest Says:

Jul 25, 2008 - Seems like electric, plug-in hybrid vehicles will be the first automobile evolution to hit the market. Within the next couple of years, it seems as though there will be a push by all of the major automobile manufacturers to offer plug-ins to customers. This offers a tremendous investment opportunity in lithium-ion battery companies, as well as in electric motor manufacturers.

onlySalafiyyah Says:

Jul 31, 2008 - what an insightful observation jvittes

RealityCheck1970 Says:

Aug 26, 2008 - Driving around 500 to 1000 pounds of batteries to save 2 gallons of gas is stupid. This is especially true when you are talking about lithium-ion. One phrase - thermal runaway is all I need to say here. We need a fundamental technology leap. Until then, use the PPH60 from gogreenwithct. This system uses batteries to power the electrical loads in your car so the extremely inefficient alternator doesn't have to.

emforty2 Says:

Sep 24, 2008 - the solution is a BIGGER CAR !!! its called a trolley or electric train well how bout short distance comutes you have one already hanging in your garage its called a BICYCLE !! use it you need to burn of those extra fat hanging in your middle anyway !!!

CinetopiaNet Says:

Sep 27, 2008 - Why don't Americans have PHEVs or even efficient turbo-diesel cars as do Europeans and Japanese? Because the purpose of the Federal Reserve Corporation is to keep US addicted to non-renewable energy, war and debt. Watch "The Money Masters" and investigate Operation 911. (Open Secrets)

WULFY1993 Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - HYBRIDS SUCk. THE 1968 DODGE CHARGER IS A REEL CAR. >:p

h2fcell Says:

Oct 20, 2008 - The auto industry will continue to hurt until they begin to sell plug-in vehicles. NPNS!