What does it really take to, for real, completely and totally, have a car which has zero carbon footprint. This is a phrase that's bandied around but what does it really mean. The Zero Carbon Car is a book which explores these questions. The author built his own plug-in hybrid electric vehicle to explore these questions.
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99MPG. com was started to support the MIMA modification to the Honda Insight, but has morphed into a site where creative individuals that have modified their hybrid cars to improve the efficiency can share their work with other like minded people.
We need to start now to save ourself s by working together.
They are a small group of people who are working on modifying their cars for higher efficiency.
This is a car repair shop in San Francisco specializing in hybrid electric vehicle service and modification. They offer conversion to plug-in hybrid.
Information about some of the electric and hybrid cars, focusing mostly on the currently available vehicles.
A Colorado based company developing kits for converting Prius and Escape hybrids to plug-in hybrid. The kits are due to be available in August 2007.
A green technology company, is to provide a new generation of hybrid and alternative fuel solutions to our customers who value green and innovative technologies. They are developing a conversion kit for the Prius to make it a plug-in hybrid. They were recently purchased by A123Systems, so clearly their future conversion kit will use A123systems batteries.
Provides leading edge consulting, design and prototyping services for system integration, management and monitoring of electrochemical energy systems such as batteries and fuel cells. They are said to be the grandaddy company of plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Part of the Weblogs Network, this blog covers Green Automobiles in all varieties.
Articles and discussion forums about hybrid electric vehicles. Well researched and very informative.
