Is the Prius now considered “old-fashioned hybrid technology”?
Read this article published in Newsweek on May 2, 2009 (May 18 dated issue) on Extended Range Electric Drive Vehicles. • Is the Chevy Volt still on track for production by GM in November of 2010? Visit the GM-Volt web site for current information. The Volt is a plug-in hybrid configured as an extended range electric vehicle. • An older program from Scientific American Frontiers of 2004 called Future Car is available here in streaming video, and is still very useful for new car technologies. The “Goodby Gasoline” segment features the GM Hy-Wire hydrogen fuel cell concept car of 2002, which pioneered many of the technologies used in the Chevy Volt. Watch all the segments which cover the earliest production cars, an excellent video of how hybrid cars like the Prius work, and how the hydrogen economy concept might work to reduce dependence on gasoline. • Cleantech America, Inc. has announced two solar energy projects for the San Joaquin Valley in the multiple megawatt range. These will cre
