Plug-In Partners is a national grass-roots initiative to demonstrate to automakers that a market for flexible-fuel Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) exists today.Gas: Optional
PHEVs are outfitted with a battery pack sufficient to power the vehicle from 20 to 60 miles on battery charge alone. Considering that half the cars on America’s roads are driven 25 miles a day or less, a plug-in with a 25-mile range battery could eliminate gasoline use in the daily commute of millions of Americans.
The cost of an equivalent electric gallon of gas is estimated to be less than $1.00.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. wants its 5.1 million customers in California to pressure car manufacturers to mass-produce electric vehicles that can be plugged right into a standard home socket. They are asking their customers to sign the pluginpartners.org petition.in their monthly bill.
According to the Califonia electric utility, more than 40 percent of the generating capacity in the U.S. sits idle or operates at a reduced load overnight, when most PHEVs would be charged. That means tens of millions of plug-ins could be charged every night without the need to build additional electric generation capacity.
According to the California Electric Transportation Coalition that commissioned a study, if automakers begin producing Plug-Ins within the next few years, 2.5 million cars (eight percent of the cars on the road) could be Plug-Ins by the year 2020. That's the equivalent of taking as many as 5 million of today's vehicles off the road -- annually, which means that 1.14 billion gallons of gasoline would be saved each year. http://www.pge.com/news/news_releases/q3_2006/060901.html
The Dual-Drive Sprinter - DiamlerChrysler vans equipped with a plug-in hybrid drive systems
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