Chris and Andrew Ewert modified a Toyota Prius, enabling the car to get 100 mpg. Combining power with the car’s original nickle hydride battery, they installed a lithium ion battery which can be recharged by plugging it into a normal wall socket.
Duration : 0:3:35
Featuring Jim Woolsey, Chelsea Sexton, Larry Brilliant and others, this video describes plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, vehicle to grid (V2G) as part of Google.org’s RechargeIT project.
Duration : 0:5:14
The add-fuel light came on yesterday. So I went another 100 miles before I decided to fill up the tank. Total miles on this tank of gas was 1620 miles. The tank took 9.46 gals to fill. This works out to 171.2mpg.
Duration : 0:1:20
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Introducing the AFS Trinity XH-150™
Extreme Hybrid™ SUV
150 Miles Per Gallon
It looks like an SUV, it hauls like an SUV,
But that’s where the similarities end.
The XH-150 is a plug-in hybrid electric car,
With performance that surpasses comparable gas cars.
This is not a concept car.
It’s on the road now.
We have to stop sacrificing blood and treasure for oil.
And we should stop converting our food supply to fuel.
Spending half a trillion dollars on hydrogen gas stations just doesn’t make sense.
Especially when there is enough excess energy in the grid to power 175 million plug-ins hybrids.
Duration : 0:1:30
Los Angeles Times automotive critic, Dan Neil, takes a drive in the plug-in electric Audi e-tron concept car that seems ready for production. Read more at
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Video by Jeff Amlotte / Los Angeles Times
Duration : 0:2:8
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