mild hybrid Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:24:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 GM Exposes Chevy Malibu Eco's Mild Hybrid Mechanism https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gm-very-mild-hybrid-malibu-20111216/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gm-very-mild-hybrid-malibu-20111216/#respond Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:24:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21531 I guess everybody knows by now what a hybrid car is, what it does and how. What most people don’t know, though, is that you can do many tricks with an electric motor and a battery, and it doesn’t have to get even nearly that expensive if you want your car to become a hybrid. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gm-very-mild-hybrid-malibu-20111216/feed/ 0 21531 Small Battery Hybrids May Make More Economic and Environmental Sense Than Full Hybrids, Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/small-hybrid-michalek-study-20110928/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/small-hybrid-michalek-study-20110928/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:07:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20583 A new study from the Carnegie Mellon University, performed by Jeremy J. Michalek and his colleagues reveals that owning cars with large batteries isn’t necessarily the best option available right now. They say hybrids with smaller batteries make more sense both economically and environmentally. “While larger battery packs allow plug-in vehicles to drive longer distances […]

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