... 35,000 vehicles a year in California) and thus was the first to announce its plans to produce and electric vehicle. Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, Honda, Nissan and Mazada all met the numerical qualification of a major dealer and are thus subject to the ZEV mandate taking effect in 1998. Six of ... EM V-1 electric vehicle (which was the Impact) while Ford and Chrysler plan to begin full production of their electric Ecostar and TEVan respectively. Honda finally unveiled its electric version of the new RAV 4 at the end of 1996, succ! essfully entering them in the EV market These companies ... mak...

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... times death. These hybrid engines are not a hypothetical futurist's view, but instead a marketable current automobile that is currently being sold by major automobile companies like Honda, Ford, General Motors, and many others are either on the market or will be within a year or two. II. Personal Reasons for Selection of Hybrid ... gasoline, allowing us to become closer to a sustainable society. First of all, the use of hybrid electric vehicles will help in saving gasoline. The Honda Insight, a hybrid electric vehicle available in late 1999, can have up to 70 miles per gallon with highw...

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... go as high as 85 percent with cogeneration. Japan has already implemented solid oxide fuel cells and demonstrated a power generation of about 25kW to 100kW. Automotive applications Every major car company in the world is either creating a fuel cell prototype car, or testing one that has already been made. Fuel cell technology is a breakthrough for the automotive energy. Not only ... is the technology relatively cheap but it makes use of the most abundant material in the universe, hydrogen. Companies like DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Toyota, and Honda say that they will start making fuel cell a...

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