Plug-in hybrid

to have no emissions by 1998 and 10 percent by 2003. The law is repeatedly weakened over the next decade to reduce the number of pure ZEVs it requires. 1997 Toyota unveils the Prius -- the world's first commercially mass-produced and marketed hybrid car -- in Japan. Nearly 18,000 units are sold during the first production year. 1997 - 2000 A few thousand all-electric cars (such as Honda's EV Plus, G.M.'s EV1, Ford's Ranger pickup EV, Nissan's Altra EV, Chevy's S-10 EV, and Toyota's RAV4 EV)

Expanding the Nighthawk Motors product line to include a plug-in hybrid vehicle is an exciting and innovation move for the company. As an organization, we will be aiming to provide our customers with a vehicle that is fuel efficient, reliable, cost affordable, and fun to drive. The new product line, the Ecostar, presents a unique and exhilarating vehicle to our customers. The new plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) offers a 1.8L 4-cylinder engine with a 500-mile range on a tank of gas with an 80mile range

contrast to series hybrids, parallel hybrids can use two different sources of power simultaneously – an I.C.E. and a battery driven electric motor. The advantage of using a parallel over a series hybrid is that electric motor can be used at low power over short distances (increases fuel economy) whereas the I.C.E can be used over long distances at high power which helps to reduce range anxiety. Examples: Honda Insight, Accord and Civic etc. [6] Figure 3: Working of Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Alternatively, climate change poses a series of interrelated challenges of the country’s most densely populated cities. The U.S. is highly urbanized, with about 80% of its population living in cities and metropolitan areas (National Climate Assessment). Cities depend on infrastructure, like water and sewage systems, roads, bridges, and power plants, much of which is aging and in need of repair or replacement. This structure will undergo with multiple changes that will compounded by rising sea levels

Global Warming is a topic of interest in today’s world and ways that we could cut back our carbon footprint. Electrical vehicles are vehicles that use electricity to power the motors in order to run. Electrical vehicles are thought to be one of the solutions to greenhouse gases and global warming. While electric vehicles tend to produce pollution at times from their backup motors, electrical cars depend on a fuel source that doesn’t originate from burning fossil fuels, which produces fewer greenhouse

of Hybrid/Alternative Fueled Vehicles: There are many factors to consider when purchasing a Hybrid or Alternative Fueled Vehicle. Most times when searching for a vehicle, consumers tend to search for amenities to help cut cost. When considering alternative fueled vehicles, consumers have to keep in mind that there are several types of hybrid vehicles with different operating abilities to choose from to satisfy the needs of the consumers. With hybrids, there are three types which are hybrid electric

By 2050 the population of the world is expected to be 9.3 billion people. As the population of the world continues to grow so will the demand for resources. Resources such as land for agriculture, fresh water, and the most important fossil fuels are becoming scare. In order for the resources that we still have available to last, we as a society have to change the way we are using the resources. Not only do we have to make the resources last for future generations, but we also need to learn how to

efficient so they could go long distances without having to waste so much gas, because gas is expensive. So why not try a hybrid car? Yes, hybrid cars are way more expensive than a gasoline powered car but that is at time of purchase. Studies show that gasoline powered cars aren’t as safe as hybrid cars. The hybrid cars burn less fossil fuel therefore emitting fewer gases. The hybrid

transportation sector accounts for one-third of greenhouse gases in the United States (Krupa et al., 2013). The use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could reduce greenhouse gases by 20% to 50% compared to traditional vehicles (Axsen & Kurani, 2010). In the past year, there has been a higher level of mainstream adoption but are far off from the United States’ goal of one-million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by 2015 (Krause, Carley, Lane, & Graham, 2013). This lack of adoption may be due to

electric power. ( Frank. 65-70). A study was conducted ornl.gov to see the impact electric vehicles would have on the nation’s power grid. Projections are for at lease a twenty-five percent penetration of hybrid vehicles in the market by two-thousand and twenty, with high percentage of those being plug-in variety. The study shows that if consumer’s charge their vehicles at five PM when they get home from work, the country would need an additional one-hundred and sixty power plants, compared to no additional