Now it is moving into batteries for hybrid vehicles and future plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars.
As with other plug-in hybrids, there is 25 to 40 miles of electric-only range.
Even the intermediary solution of petrol electric hybrids and plug-in hybrids rely on the battery.
Synovate gave consumers Cs for knowledge about battery cars and hybrids, and a D on plug-in hybrids.
New plug-in hybrids roll off our assembly lines, but they will run on batteries made in Korea.
The advantage plug-in hybrids have over regular hybrids, its proponents say, is you can power them by electricity alone.
Ever since, carmakers have been placing their low-emission bets more on plug-in hybrids, clean diesels or pure electric vehicles.
The growing smorgasbord in new car showrooms includes 43 hybrid-electric vehicles, four plug-in hybrids and 12 pure electric cars.
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Plug-in hybrids use mainly electric motors and batteries for propulsion, relegating gasoline to occasional use to extend the battery range.
The DRIVE Act would also help make electricity a widely used transportation fuel by encouraging the accelerated introduction of plug-in hybrids.
Plug-in hybrids turn this upside down--reversing the roles of gasoline and electricity.
The company also released initial details of an accelerated vehicle electrification plan for a family of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles.
Once the majority of domestic cars become plug-in hybrids, we could displace most urban gasoline use, or nearly one-half of current U.S. oil imports.
He has hopes that AeroVironment's electric-vehicle charging systems could be in garages and charging stations nationwide if electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids become popular.
Pure electric cars and plug-in hybrids are just now testing the waters in limited numbers and are yet to be ready for prime time.
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The Ford C-Max and Toyota Prius plug-in hybrids get a combined city-and-highway rating of 58 miles per gallon from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Plug-in hybrids remain the type of electrified vehicle that makes the most sense because they release the driver from dependence only on a battery-fed powertrain.
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Plug-in hybrids should give preference to all-electric vehicles at charging stations.
Automakers are scrambling to get lithium ion batteries into hybrid vehicles, and they are hoping these batteries will make plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles possible soon, too.
And as we develop better and better, more fuel-efficient cars, plug-in hybrids, other hybrids, more efficient internal combustion cars -- the Americans will vote with their feet.
Google is testing a fleet of plug-in hybrids and software that would turn them into load-balancing tools for utilities flooded with variable power from wind and solar generators.
We must reduce our dependence on oil by requiring better vehicle fuel economy, and by increasing the use of alternative fuels and innovative transportation technology such as plug-in hybrids.
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The commercial success of plug-in hybrids and pure electric car companies such as Tesla will help to drive innovation and competition, accelerating solutions for the range and cost issues.
The benchmark study, by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), found that plug-in hybrids are cleaner than regular cars in each of nine scenarios.
With that in mind I asked Jaguar spokesman Stuart Schorr if the company had cheaper plug-in hybrids for the masses (or at least the masses of Jaguar buyers) in the pipeline.
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But in vehicles that run for long periods on electricity only, like plug-in hybrids and all-electrics, engineers need to fully charge batteries to maximize driving range, the drawback to electric vehicles.
The automaker had planned to sell between 35, 000 and 40, 000 Prius plug-in hybrids in Japan this year, but by September had sold only 8, 400, about 20 percent of its target.
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But the 3 Series hybrid is not aimed at people looking to drive primarily on electric power anyway, unlike the new plug-in hybrids soon to be launched by Ford, Honda and Toyota.
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Tim Urquhart of IHS Global Insight, a research firm, reckons that purely battery-powered cars will command only about 0.6% of world sales in 2020, with plug-in hybrids accounting for a further 0.7%.
Likewise, the study did not include either plug-in hybrids like the Chevrolet Volt or full electric vehicles like the Ford Focus Electric and Nissan Leaf that carry higher price premiums, but boast a greater fuel economy advantage.
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