Topic Page: Hybrid Vehicles

Its half gas. Its half electric. Its…a hybrid! But what are hybrid vehicles all about in the first place? PF members discuss their ideas about hybrid vehicles as a feasible alternative to the old-school gas-guzzlers on the roads. Have an idea in Hybrid Vehicles? Tell us

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Climate Leadership at Portland State University

At Portland State University, students don't wait until after graduation to begin changing our world. They start right ... more ...

Biking, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Climate Leadership Awards 2013, Education, Electric Cars, Green Building, Green Cities, Hybrid Vehicles, Public Transportation, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Smart Cities, Solar, Transportation, Waste Reduction, Water

Growing Green at the University of Massachusetts Medical School

Public health is inextricably linked to the health of the planet. The University of Massachusetts Medical School is ... more ...

Activism, Architecture, Business, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Climate Leadership Awards 2013, Economics, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Health, Hybrid Vehicles, Natural Gas, Policy, Public Transportation, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Transportation, Waste Reduction, Water

Thousand River Environmental Energy’s “Million-Dollar” Proposal

Display the Compressed Air Recovery Energy (CARE) system seven different ways, showing how this system will heat or air ... more ...

Climate Change, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Public Transportation, Renewable Energy, Transportation

Swing Low, Sweet Tractor

The Dragon is an electric vehicle to serve as a personal tractor for farm workers doing hand work in the field. It ... more ...

Activism, Agriculture, Clean Tech, Economics, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Energy Storage, Engineering, Green Communities, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Science

Cell Phone App that Measures Ozone Depletion

Every car has a fuel gauge, so why not have an ozone depletion gauge? Enter Quanto o2–a smartphone-based ... more ...

Activism, Education, Hybrid Vehicles, Policy

Eco EV Range Extender

Range anxiety is the fear that an Electric Vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination and would thus strand ... more ...

Climate Change, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Energy Storage, Engineering, Green Cities, Green Communities, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Public Transportation, Science, Smart Cities, Transportation

A Light Foot Leaves a Lighter Footprint

Dollar-for-dollar, the little Toyota Prius C just might be the most cost-effective and efficient gasoline-fueled ... more ...

Adaptation, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Hybrid Car without First and Second Gears

I have an idea for a new kind of hybrid car that uses the same parts but eliminates low gears (first and second shifts) ... more ...

Engineering, Hybrid Vehicles

The CarMill

I have been thinking for a some time now about the new electric/hybrid cars that have been coming out. In my opinion ... more ...

Electric Cars, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

William Paterson University: An Array of Sustainable Initiatives

William Paterson University in New Jersey won a Planet Forward award, thanks to a unique initiative that affects both ... more ...

Campus Sustainability, Climate Leadership Awards, Colleges and Universities, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Green Building, Hybrid Vehicles, Solar

Retrofitting the Transportation Fleet with Plug-in Technology

If you could exchange your F-150's current gas engine with a plug-in hybrid engine, would you? Xtreme Power is ... more ...

Clean Tech, Economics, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Use of Plug-in Cars May Increase Due to Smaller Batteries

Electric vehicles are here to stay. With that being said, how will EVs engage more drivers while increasing efficiency? ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Clean Tech, Electric Cars, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Science

Use magnets in roadways and pick-up coils in cars to help recharge batteries in hybrids and plug-ins.

Magnetic bars across roadways and pick-up coils in bottoms of cars. Coils of wire cutting magnetic lines of force ... more ...

Adaptation, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, Green Communities, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Renewable Energy, Transportation

Representative Roscoe Bartlett with the first Hybrid in Congress!

Republican Representative Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland was the first member of Congress to own a hybrid vehicle! Bartlett ... more ...

Clean Tech, Electric Cars, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Vice President, Hyundai: Hybrid is the New Future

Mike O’Brien, Vice President of Product and Corporate Planning for Hyundai, caught up with Planet Forward at Auto ... more ...

Business, Engineering, Hybrid Vehicles

Vice President, Engineering: BMW Develops New Light-Weight, Carbon-Reinforced Fiber Material

Thomas Baloga, Vice President of Engineering for BMW of North America, caught up with Planet Forward at the Auto Show ... more ...

Business, Engineering, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

A Hybrid Electric Vehicle for under $1400!!!

I have always been an above average Do-It-Yourselfer….I even built an Electric Motorcycle way back in ’73. ... more ...

Biking, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Hybrid Cabs in Washington DC

Follow a DC cab driver after he’s made the switch from a carbon combustion vehicle to a hybrid. Imagine the impact ... more ...

Green Communities, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Bright Idea Plug-In Hybrid Electric Van

http://MPGomatic.com gets the word on the Bright Idea, a plug-in hybrid electric work van from Bright Automotive. Lyle ... more ...

Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Betting on the wrong horse(power)?

Are you buying an electric vehicle because you think it’s after all not a gas-guzzling machine and it’s environment ... more ...

Activism, Hybrid Vehicles, Science, Transportation

Prius as a Cultural Icon

BRISTOL, RI __ During the last decade, the Toyota Prius exploded on the scene and has since become the icon for the ... more ...

Clean Tech, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid

BRISTOL, RI __ The Planet Forward team looks at the Mercedes-Benz S400 hybrid and its stop-and-go technology.
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Business, Electric Cars, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Hybrid Cabs in DC

Joe Laliberte and Victoria Riess show how Hybrid Cabs in Washington, DC are making a difference
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Biofuels, Business, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Hybrid Vehicles

Webisodes Related to Hybrid Vehicles

No One Killed The Electric Car (Or Its Golden Buggy Pal)

Video by Mike DeVito and Ellie McCutcheon It seems to be a commonly held notion out there that “green” cars can’t be “cool” cars – they can’t accelerate fast enough, critics say, or they’re otherwise just not stylish. And maybe that was true four or five years ago – hybrids were still evolving and purely …Read More…

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