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LANSING — Barack Obama today set a goal of 1 million plug - in hybrid vehicles on American roads by 2015, and offered tax credits to buyers and a «major commitment» to help the domestic carmakers meet the goal.

IMPACTS ASSESSMENT OF PLUG - IN HYBRID VEHICLES ON ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND REGIONAL U.S. POWER GRIDS PART 1: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Michael Kintner - Meyer Kevin Schneider Robert Pratt Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Battelle Memorial Institute under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830

China has set an ambitious target of putting 5 million electric or plug - in hybrid vehicles on the country's roads by 2020, part of Beijing's efforts to fight pollution and reduce reliance on oil imports.

Not exact matches

The new additions include three plug - in hybrid vehicles, which come on top of eight battery - powered cars and two fuel - cell vehicles.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

The announcement follows Volvo's announcement on Wednesday that it planned to cease making gas - powered cars and trucks and would instead only make electronic and hybrid vehicles starting in 2019.

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble introduced an incentive of 4,000 euros or $ 4,518 for electric car buyers, and 3,000 euros for those purchasing a plug - in hybrid vehicle, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

The Company's transmissions are used in a range of applications, including on - highway trucks (distribution, refuse, construction, fire and emergency), buses (primarily school, transit and hybrid - transit), motorhomes, off - highway vehicles and equipment (energy, mining and construction) and defense vehicles (wheeled and tracked).

The country will scrap the limits on firms making fully electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in 2018, commercial vehicle firms in 2020 and lift restrictions on the wider passenger vehicle market by 2022, China state planner said in a statement.

«Through the Business for Social Responsibility Future of Fuels program, Coca - Cola and PepsiCo are researching the carbon intensity of their vehicle fuels, the ways that they can reduce reliance on high - carbon fuels, and opportunities for increasing the number of plug - in and hybrid vehicles in their fleets,» the two wrote.

DeMarchi said she used CuseCar vehicles that were under - used at night, especially one of two plug - in hybrids on loan from Toyota.

The electric hybrid eVaro, developed in Canada by Future Vehicle Technologies of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in around 5 seconds, and drives at least 165 miles on the equivalent of a US gallon of fuel.

Steve: So it's very inefficient though, and it's probably not going to catch on; I'm much more optimistic about your plug - in hybrids or your plug - in pure - electric vehicle.

The first mainstream plug - in hybrids and fully electric vehicles (EVs) are just now hitting the market, and while initial sales have been slow, the Department of Energy predicts there will be 1.2 million of them on the road by 2015.

For example, the carbon footprint of an electric vehicle strongly depends on local electricity sources [see «The Dirty Truth about Plug - in Hybrids,» by Michael Moyer; Scientific American, July].

Plug - in hybrids take the concept further by plugging into a regular electric outlet to enable the vehicle to operate solely on its electric motor for ranges of 40 - 50 miles or more on a single charge.

Fisker, a U.S. start - up focusing on the creation of high performance, energy efficient vehicles, plans to sell an $ 80,000 plug - in hybrid sports car by late 2009.

Over the years, Easley produced code that went on to be used in renewable energy research, including batteries for early hybrid vehicles, as well as for the high - thrust liquid oxygen / liquid hydrogen Centaur rocket used to get space capsules into orbit.

To find out what vehicles on the road are currently emitting, Drozd and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley; Carnegie Mellon University; the University of California, San Diego; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology rented 25 gasoline - powered cars, including two hybrids, from residents in the Los Angeles area.

... From now on, we're going to make those civilian vehicles flex - fuel capable, plug - in hybrid or cars fueled by clean natural gas.»

Acevedo said the C - MAX's success is a good indication that larger vehicles in the hybrid space can also expect to perform well on the market.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are vying with next - generation hybrid car technology (which can be plugged in to recharge its battery rather than relying on the gasoline engine) to be the electric car of the future.

Apart from approximately 50,000 purely electric cars, roughly 40,000 plug - in hybrid vehicles are presently being operated on German roads.

In addition to offering vehicles powered by a number of alternatives (fuel, battery or both), car companies are going to win customers in the future based on the networked services they offer drivers and passengers and how well these services are delivered, says Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.'s director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle ProgramIn addition to offering vehicles powered by a number of alternatives (fuel, battery or both), car companies are going to win customers in the future based on the networked services they offer drivers and passengers and how well these services are delivered, says Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.'s director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programin the future based on the networked services they offer drivers and passengers and how well these services are delivered, says Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.'s director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs.

In July a report from MIT, On the Road in 2035, found that if a market for lightweight hybrid and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles were developed, the United States could cut its gas consumption by 68 billion gallons — about half our current fuel use — within 27 yearIn July a report from MIT, On the Road in 2035, found that if a market for lightweight hybrid and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles were developed, the United States could cut its gas consumption by 68 billion gallons — about half our current fuel use — within 27 yearin 2035, found that if a market for lightweight hybrid and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles were developed, the United States could cut its gas consumption by 68 billion gallons — about half our current fuel use — within 27 yearin hybrid electric vehicles were developed, the United States could cut its gas consumption by 68 billion gallons — about half our current fuel use — within 27 years.

Meanwhile, just about every automaker is working on a new generation of electric vehicles, including both hybrids and cars that operate entirely on electricity stored in batteries.

Volkswagen AG plans 15 new - energy models over 3 - 5 years, its China chief told a green car conference in Beijing on Saturday, predicting - like the government - that Chinese production of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles would grow almost six times to 2 million annually by 2020.

Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new hybrid power trains and even fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported oil.

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Expanding on these pioneering expeditions, scientists and engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have built a new efficient, multi-purpose «hybrid» vehicle that can explore and operate in the crushing pressures of the greatest ocean depths.

For example, WHOI scientists plan to use the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER's cameras and lighting systems on the Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Nereus, which dove to the Mariana Trench in 2009 and will return to trenches in the Atlantic and the Pacific during the next two years.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

The set where the event took place in Albuquerque included two vehicles on display: a «human / alien hybrid fighter» that Maika Monroe pilots; and a «Moon Tug» which Liam Hemsworth pilots.

The 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug - in Hybrid will thus join the small group of Chinese - built vehicles sold on our shores.

Beginning early next year, the Accord PHEV (plug - in hybrid electric vehicle) will go on sale as a 2014 model.

In quiet cars like hybrid vehicles, the engine may be off when the driver exits the vehicle, but can come back on later when the vehicles» batteries run low.

On the Japanese test cycle, Honda says the Fit Hybrid achieves 85 mpg which is the highest of any hybrid vehicle in Japan and should make for lofty EPA ratings in the U.S. asHybrid achieves 85 mpg which is the highest of any hybrid vehicle in Japan and should make for lofty EPA ratings in the U.S. ashybrid vehicle in Japan and should make for lofty EPA ratings in the U.S. as well.

The plug - in hybrid version of the Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan will only be built in China, meaning that it will be among the few Chinese - built vehicles imported to the U.S. when it goes on sale later this year.

After defending the estimates for months, Ford has finally given in to the criticism and will offer owners of the 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid, the 2013 Ford C - Max Hybrid, and 2013 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid models a chance to perform a voluntary software upgrade that aims to improve the on - road fuel economy of these vehicles.

Many hybrid electric vehicles achieve higher fuel economy ratings in the city (e.g. 2017 Toyota Prius, 54 - city, 50 - highway) than on the highway because the electric motor recharges when braking and turns off the gas - powered engine when stopped; this is especially beneficial to those who do a lot of city driving because, while 100 % gas vehicles will get better mileage on the highway vs. the city, hybrids are the opposite.

In addition to savings at the pump, hybrid vehicles can help reduce air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on oil.

Whether those fuel economy gains make it worth spending significantly more for a hybrid depends of course on where and how much you drive (check out the annual fuel cost calculator at the EPA's web site, fueleconomy.gov) and whether you place any value in driving an environmentally cleaner vehicle.

Plug - in hybrid and pure electric vehicles can be a little more enjoyable just for the challenge of driving as efficiently as possible on electric power alone.

Given that this Fusion Hybrid is merely the first step in developing self - driving technology, Ford says that it expects such vehicles on public roads by 2025 or later.

Now that series electric hybrid vehicles are beginning to emerge in commercial applications (first seen in buses and soon in the Chevrolet Volt), the concept of an electrically - powered vehicle that uses an on - board turbine generator seems like a practical idea.

Computer controlled pumps and pressure control valves take hydraulic pressure stored in the on - board tanks (the tanks are like batteries in an electric hybrid vehicle) to power the rear axle.

Fuel efficiency is the overriding theme, with a variety of electric vehicles, hybrids and plug - in models on display.

«We can do lot more with today's propulsion systems, both gas and diesel, as you downsize and add direct - injection and electrification to those systems,» Smyth says, noting GM is working on all possible future powertrain technologies, including hybrid - and all - electric vehicles, as well as plug - in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells.

Like most other plug - in hybrids or «extended - range electric vehicles,» the Vision S500 can actually propel itself on electric power alone — a notable difference from the production S400 hybrid.

Time hasn't been good to the 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: while it's still Hyundai's most fuel - efficient vehicle, it was one of the many models implicated in the company's MPG inflation scandal and, as such, no longer scores 40 mpg on the EPA test cycle.