plug-in 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/calcars-plugin-prius-fire-20130313/feed/ 0 34800 OneCAT – the car that runs on air! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/onecat-the-car-that-runs-on-air-20080218/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/onecat-the-car-that-runs-on-air-20080218/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:57:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/18/onecat-the-car-that-runs-on-air/ Remember an older article about a small company, called MDI, who had a plan in building a car that runs totally on air? Now they did it. OneCAT is a five-seat car, with a fiberglass body, weighting about 350kg and costing about… 4800$! And that’s cheaper than any car (maybe except the recent car from […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/onecat-the-car-that-runs-on-air-20080218/feed/ 6 186 Modified Prius to Get 230 MPG https://www.greenoptimistic.com/modified-prius-to-get-230-mpg-20080206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/modified-prius-to-get-230-mpg-20080206/#respond Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:44:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/06/modified-prius-to-get-230-mpg/ Two Toyota Prius automobiles, modified in Monrovia, California, are now on the road and getting as many as 230 miles per gallon. By adding lithium ion batteries to the off-the-lot Priuses, the vehicles showed and increased efficiency of more than 500%. The AP reports that Toyota initially discouraged Prius owners from hacking more mileage out […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/modified-prius-to-get-230-mpg-20080206/feed/ 0 137 Still Insufficient Power for the Plug-In Prius https://www.greenoptimistic.com/still-insufficient-power-for-the-plug-in-prius-20080206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/still-insufficient-power-for-the-plug-in-prius-20080206/#respond Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:09:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/06/still-insufficient-power-for-the-plug-in-prius/ TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled a “plug-in” hybrid car based on its popular Prius model on Wednesday, saying it would test the fuel-saving vehicle on public roads — a first for the industry. But the world’s biggest automaker said the car, called the Toyota Plug-in HV, was not fit for commercialisation since it uses […]

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