Comments on: Ford considering plug-in hybrid technology

By: Wilhelm Herbi

Wilhelm Herbi — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:56:53 +0000

The carmaker who brings the first plug in hybrid with exchangeable Lithium-Ionen Akku on the market, will grab 50% of the automobil market, if the others not rapidly follow.
Nothing will be like bevor.
With 2 KW Solarpanels, on the roof of your house, you can drive every day approx. 100 km with solarenergy.
Only the oil-lobby must be beaten bevor.
Maybe they will us taxe thereafter the sunshine.

By: Thing2

Thing2 — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:23:32 +0000

oo when did electricity come out of thin air? The electric company burns COAL AND OIL to turn turbines to make electricity! If nuculear power and windpower were given a chance to be improved and not shot down by the same environmentalists who whine about gas, maybe these plugins would make more sense.. But now, all it is, is creating a heavier demand on the power grid and more burning smoke stacks….

By: junkie

junkie — Thu, 11 May 2006 21:37:56 +0000

Current hybrids have batteries that aren’t large enough to offer meaningful range. Plug-in hybrids have much more battery capacity, so they can drive in electrtic-only mode for greater distances.

By: TW

TW — Thu, 11 May 2006 20:55:09 +0000

Its my understanding it’s the application of the brakes that charge the batteries. If you to drive to work everyday its going to get charged anyway, though the plugin wouldn’t hurt.

By: q

Thu, 11 May 2006 19:38:10 +0000

Why doesn’t every hybrid have this ability? In most parts of the country, wouldn’t it be much much more energy efficient and less expensive to charge the battery from the electrical grid feeding our homes rather than firing up the engine to do it? Otherwise, we’d each have dedicated combustion engine powered generators to power EVERYTHING in our homes, it seems.

By: K

Thu, 11 May 2006 19:37:42 +0000

Uhhh, maybe the fact that there isn’t a plug-in made by an OEM currently on the market…..Seriously.

By: aj

aj — Thu, 11 May 2006 19:24:37 +0000

I’m confused. What makes this news? Seriously.