Series Hybrids

Series Hybrids - Stories about people making Series Hybrids

The BYD company of China may be the first production PHEV using Series Hybrid Technology. Charging of the iron-chemistry battery is via a 220-V household power outlet. The hybrid system allows the engine to supplement the electric motor when rapid acceleration is needed, but for most of the time it is used to drive a generator to power the electric motor.
  • Series Hybrids
  • The Zero Carbon Car is a book by Bill Kemp on how to convert a car to a series Hybrid
  • View the cost analysis with my Series Hybrid Spreadsheet
  • Why Ford is slow to push their Hybrid Mariner and Escape
  • Raser To Unveil Advanced Series Plug-In-Hybrid Drive System Design At SAE World Congress In Detroit
  • ...the electric powertrain is up to four times more efficient than the mechanical counterpart.
  • A comparison of the current drive train configurations by the Freedom Formula Foundation
  • Ron Gemban of CalCars.org discusses the competing Hybrid Technologies
  • A 1996 Study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory compared Parallel to Series Hybrid technology. (PDF Document)
  • Factors that influence the range of an Electric Vehicle .
  • GM and Saturn have combined in yet another "Concept Car", A Series Hybrid (biodiesel + electric) Saturn Vue.
  • AFS Trinity Power Saturn Vue SUV PHEV , that gets 150 MPG, goes 40 miles in all-electric mode

  • GM experimented with the EV1 and created An EV1 - Series Hybrid
  • Ford's Escape Plug in Hybrid Electric SUV Expecteced to get 120 mpg

  • The US Army thinks enough of Series Hybrids to use them in a 6.5 Ton Crusher unmanned vehicle

  • General Motors Article on Series vs. Parallel Hybrids Driving the Volt
  • Ames Labs invents heat resistant magnets for use in electric vehicle motors.
  • Saturn Aura Extreme Hybrid costs $8500 more than gas model and (will) get150mpg
  • The Founder of Tesla Motors talks about REEV Viabilty Range Extended Electric Vehicles .
  • Dec 12, 2007 Aptera is coming in 2008. Are you ready to go?
  • Nov 20, 2007 Will a Hybrid Pickup Truck Be a good idea?
  • October 20, 2007: Conversion of a Prius to Plug-in Prius at Maker Faire in Austin
  • One man's view on why car companies will NOT be making electric cars.
  • The case for Series Hybrids Ecoworld explains why Series Hybrids work so well.
  • A Seguin man Jim Smith, converted his 1989 Dodge Ram 50 pickup to electric.
  • Wright speed X1 inventor working on Series Hybrid HD Truck design.
  • Phoenix Company working on a Plug-in Series Hybrid Sport Utility Truck to extend their product line.
  • This guy gets 60 mpg in his Serial Hybrid HUMMER Using a Jet turbine to run the Generator.
  • AC Propulsion Report on Range Extension Using a Generator in a trailer.

    • Other Electric Vehicle stories

  • Dr. Frank shows his Suburban Parallel Hybrid that goes 60 miles on all-electric and gets 30mpg.
  • Sign the Petition that you won't buy a new car unless you can plug it in.
  • Knowledge News article on the Tesla Motors Roadster
  • Convert your Prius to a Plug in Hybrid. www.pluginamerica.com
  • Learn how to convert a gas car to Electric at Amp Mobile.

    • Parts to build an Electric Vehicle

  • Wheel Motors
  • Flightlink Wheelmotors
  • The Wheel Motor may be just what is needed for the future of Hybrids.
  • Batteries
  • Comparison of battery technologies
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