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70 Build Your Own Electric VehicleFi g u r e 3-20 Hybrid electric car sales from 2004 to 2007. (Source: Wikipedia.)popular, one of the most fuel efficient hybrids was the Honda Insight (see Figure 3-21),a small compact hybrid.But there’s more good news: there is a wave of EVs and PHEVs under developmentfrom companies such as Phoenix Motorcars, AFS Trinity, and a host of others companies.Additionally, Toyota recently announced that it is developing a plug-in version of thePrius with substantial electric-only range.Fi g u r e 3-21 The most fuel-efficient hybrid car, the Honda Insight. (Source: Wikipedia.)
Chapter 3: Electric Vehicle History 71Fi g u r e 3-22 The leading h ybrid car, the Toyota Prius (Source: Wikipedia, IFCAR, All RightsReleased.)Many people are not waiting until CAFE standards reach 35 miles per gallon by2020. They are driving vehicles now that get better than 35 miles per gallon. Some arestarting to drive plug-in hybrids that achieve over 100 miles per gallon. In the U.S. 40,000people drive electric vehicles that use zero gasoline and produce zero emissions.However, even you do not want to convert your car to electric—the full performanceto the low-speed electric vehicles—the total number of electric vehicles has increasedsignificantly within the past 5 to 7 years. Here are just some of the companies outthere.Miles Electric Vehicles, a Los Angeles-based all electric vehicles manufacturercurrently produces several low-speed vehicles for military, university, municipal, andprivate use. The company is also currently developing the XS500 electric vehicle,powered by lithium-ion phosphate batteries. It has a top speed of 80 mph and a rangeof 120 miles. The company says it plans to crash test the car and release it as a 2009model with a minimum four star crash test safety rating. The projected price is$30,000.Phoenix Motorcars (www.phoenixmotorcars.com) based in Ontario, California,plans to build both a mid-sized SUV and an SUT (sports utility truck) with 130 milerange for $45,000 using NanoSafe batteries from Altairnano. Five hundred cars areplanned for delivery in early 2008 to fleet customers. A consumer version is planned forrelease in late 2008. A version with a 250+ mile range is also in development. Theirlithium-ion battery is enhanced by nanotechnology that can recharge in under tenminutes, drive for a hundred miles on a charge, and has a top speed of 95 mph.Tesla Motors, Silicon Valley automobile startup company, unveiled the 185 kW (248hp) Tesla Roadster on July 20, 2006. As of March 2008, Tesla has begun regular production
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