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    Supposedly implicit in the term “leading edge technology” is the expansion of electric and hybrid vehicles in the GM line. Indeed, in order to meet its commitment to help achieve 500,000 electric or hybrid vehicles on the U.S. road by 2017 and to help reduce the average carbon emissions of U.S. cars by 15% by 2016, GM must continue to invest in green vehicles. However, multiple challenges currently stand in the way of GM’s previously defined goal to become an electric car provider. In fact, this

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    Today, people use their own personal vehicles to travel more than ever before. Personal transportation is no longer considered a luxury; it is now considered a necessity. The number of cars in the United States has been growing steadily since the 1970s. The number of miles traveled by cars has risen nearly 150 percent, yet the United States population has only grown roughly 40 percent during that time (hybridcars.com, Driving Trends). Although it may seem like we are advancing into the future

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    Hybrid vehicles, which are environmentally friendly vehicles, which will replace fossil fueled car in the future but they have a limited range and long fueling time. As fossil fuel resources start to become limited and non-environmentally friendly, car manufacturers are looking to find ways to make hybrid vehicles the future of transportation. Hybrid vehicles are beneficial since they are efficient, reduce pollution, and cut global emission than the current hybrids models. As such, hybrid-electric

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    themselves with hybrid electric vehicles and their features that make them unique in contrast to other vehicles. This report will educate the reader on the “BMW i8’s” vital components such as the engine, battery, and other elements related to electric vehicles. To put into perspective the significant advantage hybrid electric vehicles have over vehicles

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    running electric vehicles. An EV (electric vehicle) is a vehicle that gets some or all of its power for propulsion from the electric grid. These cars present one of the best alternatives to gas based vehicles as they are environmentally friendly, and circumvent the distribution of harmful elements such as carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Some of the manufactures for the EVs and their models include the Nissan LEAF, the Mitsubishi iMiEV, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (part gasoline, part

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    2014 Hybrid Vehicles Are “Go Green” Hybrid (HEV) has been around a long period of time. In fact hybrid cars describe a combination of two or more distinctive things. A hybrid vehicle has two motors one an electric motor and second a gasoline motor. Combining two motors is the reason to reduce deficiencies. Gasoline motors are better at a high speed generating more power to the motor than an electric car used low speed, during rush hours; vehicles are on a full stop and running. Hybrid cars are

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    Abstract-Increased the numbers of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) can have a significant impact on distribution system performance, such as reduction in power quality and efficiency, increase in power losses and voltage variations, as well as an adverse impact on the customers’ energy price. This paper proposed approach evaluates the effect of integrating a large number of PHEV on power system operation as well as appropriate operation of PHEVs can improve the voltage profile in the network

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    Why Hybrids Vehicles Are Better Than Gas Introduction Hybrid is a term used to describe a combination of two or more distinctive things, aiming to accomplish a common objective. A hybrid vehicle is a fuel efficient vehicle having two motors- one a gasoline powered motor and the other electric motor. The reason for combining two motors is using their strengths and reducing deficiencies. Electric motor is used at low speed wile gas motors perform better at high speed generating extra power for a particular

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    Brief History of Hybrid Vehicle Development First built in the early 1900s by inventors tinkering with combinations of the electric motor and the gasoline engine, hybrid vehicles were dropped when gasoline-fueled vehicles became more reliable and easier to start, and gasoline fuel more readily available. Research and development of hybrid vehicles was revived by concern about oil dependency in the1970s and about air pollution in the late 1980s. A number of hybrid vehicles have been built and tested

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    Review of Motors used in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Ujjwal Singh Department of Electrical Engineering University of Texas at Dallas 800 W Campbell Rd, Richardson, Dallas (TX), 75080, USA uxs151330@utdallas.edu Abstract- This paper deals with the different motors used in the hybrid electric vehicles. The performance like the efficiency of induction motor, internal permanent magnet motor and switched reluctance motor is studied. In recent years permanent motors are often used for driving HEV. This paper

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