CalCars Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:58:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 CalCars’ First DIY Plug-In Prius Catches Fire, Burns Completely https://www.greenoptimistic.com/calcars-plugin-prius-fire-20130313/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/calcars-plugin-prius-fire-20130313/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:58:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34800 In 2004, CalCars modified a standard Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle, not only because they could, but also to prove a point, that a plug-in vehicle could hit the 100 mpge mark. There have always been tinkerers and inventors who tried to improve things, but sometimes the results are disastrous, such this week’s unfortunate DIY Plug-In death by […]

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