Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles offer benefits, while maintaining the same level as conventional vehicles. Plug-in hybrid drivers running in full electric mode for the vast majority of common local drive. If the battery is depleted, the electric charge, the lower gas engines are used for charging batteries, or (the car is in motion) or as an important source of power while charging the battery through the plug.
Plug-in hybrid cars are also known as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and PHEVs. Plug-in hybrid cars that use gas and battery power directly to the wheels, also known as the Extended-Range Electric Vehicle, or e-revolution to load.
Plug-in hybrid cars is an important advantage over other fuel vehicles:
Hybrid, depending on the model, is about twice as much fuel as a conventional car of similar size and capacity
Plug-in hybrid car can get about twice the fuel efficiency of conventional hybrid
Plug-in Hybrid runs on biofuel production (eg 85 percent ethanol and biodiesel) were almost completely eliminate the use of oil
Availability of Plug-in hybrids
Despite all the media attention on the plug-in hybrid is still not possible for every consumer to buy. A number of plug-in hybrids are manufactured for testing in commercial fleets and government agencies. Many major car manufacturers concept prototype plug-in hybrids seen on international motor shows, but few automakers have committed to a specific date for the production of these vehicles.
The following plug-in hybrids are planned for production:
Additional batteries weigh too much.
Re: extra battery weight is offset slightly to the weight of the gas engine. At high speeds, especially the consumption is primarily influenced by the aerodynamics, minimal impact on MPG about equal to the weight of one or two additional passengers.
In addition, the battery is too expensive.
Answer: If you sell in large quantities to OEMs, more powerful and cheaper nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries can be sold at prices only a few thousand dollars more than today's hybrids. Charging is usually done at night during off-peak cheaper. Counting the purchase of fuel and services, total cost of ownership is lower than gas cars.
Production of energy from the grid (to charge the cars) will produce more emissions.
Answer: what the industry calls "right wheel" emissions (including greenhouse gases) for vehicles powered by the network is much lower than gasoline, even for the U. S. Armed Forces Network (which is 50 percent coal). Cars charging off-peak hours will be used for equipment that can not be turned at night to perform. In many parts of the country got most of its energy from clean sources such as natural gas and hydropower. It is much easier to improve centralized power of millions of older cars. Finally, plug-in hybrids recharged from rooftop photovoltaic systems, there is almost no emissions.
Since the first prototype plug-in conversion that more than ten companies began to offer PHEV conversions. Like any highly modified car transfers are expensive, problems with reliability, not crash-tested in a modified form. Their owners are extremely high fuel consumption, another all-electric range, a privilege to cars pioneers.
Most of the current plug-in conversions start with a stock late model (2004-2008) Toyota Prius. The larger battery adds or modifies an existing battery or completely replaced.
List of companies that plug-in conversion kits or services is growing every day. Many of them are focused on building vehicles for the government and other fleets, but some are now orders. We will keep adding to this list, and information about new companies. Send us a message if you hear of a new convert, and add to the list. You can also look CalCars.org site is about "How to PHEV." When the sand is so fast that your own information gathering in terms of getting an accurate price, time and technical specifications do move.
Today there are hundreds of plug-ins on the road in North America, much more built every month. It is instructive to see the wide range of power conversion plug-ins. Why is one of the companies that provide services for the conversion kit to offer? It is powered by batteries.
The current Prius converted by the plug-in hybrids on the market between two and seven times more energy stored in a standard Prius. Overall, the Prius-based plug-in in diameter between 65 and 95 miles to the gallon.
More power to the battery, additional vehicles to go all electric mode, and is no longer possible to "strengthen" MPG. Energy conservation is not just a matter of placing a larger battery type of battery is used and problems.
Modest energy lead-acid batteries: On one side of the spectrum is based on the Prius plug-in conversions that have modest amounts of energy on board: about 3.2 kilowatt hours (kWh). The main advantage of lead-acid technology that is affordable. It is also relatively safe and proven effectiveness. However, lead-acid batteries as long as some other types of batteries. They also store less energy, making it larger and heavier packages used.
High energy lithium-ion batteries: At the other end of the spectrum are Prius conversion, large amounts of energy on board to 9 kWh. These PHEVs with lithium-ion batteries because large amounts of energy to smaller and lighter package. This amount of energy added PHEV, all electric mode for 25 to 30 mile walk and "inspired" mileage for longer distances 4-50 drawback is the price. Some of these conversions, and the battery costs more than $ 10,000. Security and battery life is also a problem.
Mid-range performance nickel-metal hydride with the dough: In the middle of PHEVs with a moderate amount of energy to send about 4-5 kWh. Some of these vehicles is also a member of the nickel-metal hydride battery (NiMH) with the existing Prius NiMH battery. Performance, durability and safety characteristics of NiMH batteries is well understood. But in general, NiMH batteries store less energy than lithium-ion batteries.
