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#3559

From: "priusmaniac" <priusmaniac@...>
Date: Fri Feb 5, 2010 1:33 pm
Subject: The Plug-in Prius will also be tested in Norway

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Toyota Plug-in Prius will also be tested in Norway:

Link to article:

http://www.4evriders.org/2010/02/japannorway-toyota-to-test-prius-phev-in-oslo-norway/

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#3560

From: "dokarr" <dokarr@...>
Date: Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:07 am
Subject: Toyota Auris Hybrid Will Be Cheaper Than Prius

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Toyota will launch their new hybrid products the Toyota Auris Hybrid that would a class with the Toyota Prius but it would be cheaper. The Auris Hybrid will uses the same powertrain as the Prius which a 1.8-liter I-4 is mated to "Hybrid Synergy Drive System" of Toyota. Read more at http://autoblitz.blogspot.com/

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#3561

From: "Joe" <joelado2@...>
Date: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:51 pm
Subject: I just wanted to say hello. This group is very important..

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Hi,
My name is Joe Lado. I have been very involved with the electrification of the
automobile for many years. Two years ago Jerry Asher with my help took a plug-in
hybrid converted Prius to every state capital in the contiguous United States.
Starting in front of the US Capitol Building and ending back there one year
later. So I am a big fan of gridable-hybrids.

I am a current member of the Board of Directors of the Electric Automobile
Association. I would like to extend an invitation to all hybrid owners to join
our association. We have been around for over 40 years, all the while telling
people about the advantages of having an electric motor in a car. Now, millions
of hybrid owners like you are experiencing what we have known for decades, and
I, personally, am thrilled. The next logical step is gridable-hybrids better
known as PHEVs. I invite you to go to our website http://www.eaaev.org and learn
about our organization.

I am also the host of EVcast.com's EV Power Hour. The EVcast is a podcast
dedicated to hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles presented in a fun
and light hearted manner. We have the news from both the American point of view
with Bo Bennet, Ryan Levesque and Shannon Arivsu on Tuesdays and a British point
of view with Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield on Saturdays and the EVcast Power Hour with
your host Joe Lado (that's me) on Thursday nights. The Power Hour is a show
mainly about all things EV competition related. From electric vehicle dragster
racing to shoe box size Jr. Solar Sprint competitions, from the technical stuff
that makes hybrids and EVs what they are, to interviews with people like last
Thursday's show, Marcelo Da Luz, the builder and driver of the worlds longest
driving solar car the Power of One (Xof1), having gone 22,000 miles and
counting.

You will also find me writing at EVWorld.com as a regular commentator/blogger.

I am interested in all things hybrid, EV and alternative fuel and am looking
forward to reading your comments from this group. I hope to add to the
discussion with my knowledge of electricity and vehicles.

Sincerely,
Joe Lado

http://www.evcast.com
http://www.eaaev.org/
http://www.evworld.com

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#3562

From: "priusmaniac" <priusmaniac@...>
Date: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:58 am
Subject: Plug-in Prius pictures

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Here are some nice views of the Plug-in Prius

http://www.plugincars.com/toyota-prius-plugin-hybrid

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#3563

From: "priusmaniac" <priusmaniac@...>
Date: Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:29 am
Subject: Plug-in Prius drive with Brad Berman

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Take the driver's seat of the Plug-in Prius with Brad Berman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U790y2hx7Rk&feature=player_embedded

That video is included in the original article from www.plugincars.com at the following link:

http://www.plugincars.com/despite-caveats-prius-plug-hybrid-could-be-surprise-hit.html

Thanks Brad for that exciting moment!

Patrick L�onard

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#3564

From: "priusmaniac" <priusmaniac@...>
Date: Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:45 pm
Subject: Onstar system will provide data to Volt user, or perhaps much more?

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The onstar system will provide battery charge data and others to the Volt owner. This in turn will allow beter awareness and permit optimum use of EV mode driving.

More at this link:

http://www.plugincars.com/gm-will-provide-connected-volt-owners-longer-free-trial-onstar-43497.html

As I like to speculate on future possibilities, would it be possible to share power between vehicles in connection while driving?

Imagine a power transfer from a well-charged vehicle to a low charged vehicle. Through Onstar information exchange you could be driving next to another Volt, see that that other Volt needs power so much that it's ready to pay a good price for it. You would accept or refuse power sharing and if you accept, your car would start to give power to that other Volt that was about to start it's generator. To transfer power, you could use a dragging wire or an exotic microwave power beaming, but you could also mimick midair refueling systems; a pod would extend at the rear of the volt to connect to the volt behind. That pod would be flexible not to break and yet stiff enough to be able to extend on the distance between the two cars. More a kind of horizontal antenna, if you like. Before that system extend, you would have a synchronization of the two vehicles in a similar way as for a smart cruise control system where the distance between the cars is reduced to the maximum. In terms of electronics, this minimum could be very minimum indeed; not meters, but centimeters, perhaps even less. At a moment, you are close to a bumper-to-bumper situation where electrical power transfer could be as simple as a pair of flexible contactors.

Image a world where some people would be owning a living just by transferring energy to low charge Volts on the road! They would get paid by the difference between the price of the electricity they charged and the price Onstar would pay them for road charging demanding customers.

In a real life situation you are on a road, you see a lonely volt that doesn't want power sharing, you see two other volts almost against one another power sharing with one close to fast emptying its battery to fast charge the other because the drive knows, or its cruise system knows he is just a few miles from home. The other Volt is still a long way from its destination and has already used up 40 EV equivalent miles on its battery; it still has 40 to go, so it fast charges from the other in order not to start its generator for the last 20 miles. The result, the first volt doesn't participate, so be it. The second volt comes home with an empty battery and extra money on its power sharing account. The third volt arrives at its destination with an empty battery, zero gas used and a withdrawal from its power sharing account for a 40 EV miles equivalent that is still less than a 40 gas miles equivalent. No gas has been used, electricity has been shared and everybody has it its way. Extended to all vehicles this system would allow a Volt to cross the US just by powersharing its way with all the commuting Volts allong the road from New York to Los Angeles. No gas use, no battery swap, no oversized battery, just extensive multiple, smart Onstar powersharing use.

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#3565

From: "pbui19" <pbui19@...>
Date: Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:55 pm
Subject: San Jose Bay Area charging opportunities ?

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hello,

I recently added a plug-in Enginer kit to our 2004 Prius and found that I am in
constant search a 110vac plug around town.  I have identified only 2 location
specifically "permit" charging, and a few unlabeled plugs.  We live in Los
Gatos, but work in Mountain View.

Is there an official & un-official listings of opportune charging location in
the SJ Bay Area ?

Thanks,

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#3566

From: "priusmaniac" <priusmaniac@...>
Date: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:30 am
Subject: GM could be getting real about producing the Volt

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GM is still... well GM. That means a company that has been killing the Impact and selling the NiMH battery patents to the devil Exxon. But apparently, there seem to be a hint that the Obama administration has succeeded to turn the company around on plug-in hybrids. So they could after all start to sell the Volt for real. One indication of this was recently given by a recognition that the 40 miles EV range could vary according to conditions. That hasn't much interest in itself because everyone would expect a shorter distance driving up a mountain in freezing conditions rather then driving down in normal weather, but the important element is that they seem to care to transmit this information to potential buyers. Something a GM with no real intention of putting the car on the market wouldn't do. This indicates they are perhaps preparing for a real introduction of the car.

Here is a link to the indicative article:

http://www.plugincars.com/gm-now-says-volt-has-typical-all-electric-range-25-50-miles-does-it-matter-79384.html

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#3567

From: "priusmaniac" <priusmaniac@...>
Date: Fri Oct 8, 2010 2:24 pm
Subject: Redox flow cell in a vehicle

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This a one year old article, but it is for a rare redox flow cell use in a vehicle:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091012135506.htm

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#3568

From: "bobboyceh2o" <bobboyceh2o@...>
Date: Sun Nov 21, 2010 3:09 am
Subject: Toyota Plug-in Hybrid Logo Trademark Applications

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I was recently performing a search of the October 26 2010 Official Gazette to
check the accuracy of my own trademark publication, when I noticed the following
two trademark applications by Toyota.

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77883269

and

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77883314

Bob

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#3569

From: "priusmaniac" <priusmaniac@...>
Date: Fri Feb 4, 2011 12:58 pm
Subject: An opportunity to ask features for the GM Volt

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Here is an opportunity to ask features for the GM Volt:

www.plugincars.com/ears-wide-open-chevy-volt-marketing-manager-collects-driver-feedback-106763.html

We are almost there but there are still some last ditches.

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#3570

From: gridable-hybrids@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri Feb 4, 2011 1:39 pm
Subject: Poll results for gridable-hybrids