Green Options » Hybrid Technologies http://greenoptions.com/tag/hybrid-technologies Posts tagged 'Hybrid Technologies' Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Company Turns Familiar Gas Cars Into Electric Vehicles http://gas2.org/2008/06/17/company-turns-familiar-gas-cars-into-electric-vehicles/ http://gas2.org/2008/06/17/company-turns-familiar-gas-cars-into-electric-vehicles/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:23:18 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/06/17/company-turns-familiar-gas-cars-into-electric-vehicles/ Hybrid Technologies Mashup

How would you like to drive an all-electric Mini? An EV Smart Car? A PT Cruiser? With the help of Hybrid Technologies, you can. They’ve taken many familiar vehicles, ripped out their engines, and replaced them with lithium batteries and electric motors.

On the surface it makes great sense and it seems there would be a huge demand for this sort of thing. Electric cars are nearly maintenance free. They don’t need oil changes and they have 90% fewer parts than gas cars. Plus, these EVs look like the normal cars that are already popular with many folks.

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