Calcars.org 100 MPG + Toyota Prius Plug In

Calcars.org 100 MPG + Toyota Prius Plug In is re-built and test driven in a weekend at the OReilly Maker Fair in Sunnyvale CA Fairgrounds in front of an audience.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• prius
• car
• mpg
• plug
• hybrid

[grumpystiltskin]

Google just bought 6 of these plug in cars- including 2 ford escape hybrids. And google gave a big donation to these guys at calcars for being the people gathering the information among the hackers, and building political support. Check out Google's PHEV announcments, including YouTube videos.

[heartlessvietboy]

Hybrid batteries tend not to need replacement for the life expectancy of the car. Because there is a generator, you are running purely on the generator which could produce enough electricity to charge the battery to help propel the electric motor. Otherwise the electric motor will be weak after a certain amount of years. If i plug in my cell phone, the electricity I am putting in is running the motor, not the battery right? I am confused? Is electricity, put into a battery more efficient?

[ritschinagoers]

The annoying thing about driving on electric mode in a prius is that in surburbia the car's so quiet that the kids don't hear you approaching and they jump onto the streets without looking...but of course in a normal prius u can still switch to petrol/electric mode. if that thing runs on electricity only, driving around in supermarket carparks will be a lot of pain.

[label1877]

I can't wait for PHEV cars to get here. I can charge it up free while I am at work.

[1Ali380]

hahahahaha

[Enevil]

... whitch gives it speed downhill xD

[smc3917]

i hear you, BUT (you knew that was coming), total number of long vacation trips for me this year: 2 ....... total number of work commutes this year: LOTS! ..... number of around town errands: plenty. You get my point. an ev1 wouldn't obviously work for vacationers or work that involves travel, but for me and everyone else who i share the morning and afternoon commute, it is close to as perfect as was available then. the people who had them loved them.

[kevinf26]

yea i saw that movie, but the EV1 didn't also have a gas engine. so the EV's couldn't go on those long vacation trips, where this car can.

-KEVIN-

[smc3917]

*yawn*Go rent "Who Killed The Electric Car" and then you will see that there was an all electric car until GM pulled the plug (no pun). The frustrating thing is that it was going to receive advanced technology batteries that would've more than doubled it's range (somewhere over 200 miles/charge) and these batteries were designed by an independent scientist. He sold the patent for the batteries to GM, who turned around and sold the patent to Shell oil.

[N9QGS]

All I have to say is keep up the good work, but if your running on battery and draining tha down, every day and recharging it, you will be replacing those batteries in ~2 yeas, batteries were not meant to be comletely drained and recharged daily. you will loose capacity very quick, and I dont know if the cost is worth it, I would stick with making the Hybrid get 70 MPG more reliably then going out for the most and having a huge cost factor...

[odessa321]

This is only the start. People have to invest time and money into the first experimental vehicles to eventually get a finished product that will truelly win support from the masses. This is how most things are developed. All I'm saying is that this vehicle and other like it are just the first steps(great first steps) in being truelly energy independent and clean.