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The Fall edition of the EPRI Journal has a feature story called

The Plug In Hybrid Vehicle: Beyond Gasoline
by Lucy Sanna

Here is the PDF.

The Story In Brief

As automakers gear up to satisfy a growing market for fuel-efficient hybrid electric vehicles, the next generation hybrid is already cruising city streets, and it can literally run on empty.

The Plug-In hybrid charges directly from the electricity grid, but unlike its electric vehicle brethren, it sports a liquid fuel tank for unlimted driving range.

The technology is here, the electricity infrastructure is in place, and the plug-in hybrid offers a key to replacing foreign oil with domestic resources for energy independence, reduced CO2 emissions, and lower fuel cost. "

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On the issue of advanced battery technology, the EPRI story says,

"The Production cost of NiMH and Li-Ion batteries presents a key challenge to the marketability of PHEVs. As production volume increases, however, costs will come down with the introduction of automated manufacturing lines and economies of scale.

The cost effective tipping point is at about 100,000 battery packs annually.

With roughly 16 million new cars sold in the United States every year, once auto manufactures commit to the PHEV, that tipping point should be easily reached."

Plug Ins can begin to reduce our dependence on foreign imports.

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