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UC IRVINE TO TEST/ANALYZE PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

Publication: Industrial Environment
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California, Irvine will evaluate a prototype Toyota plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, or PHEV, as part of a nearly $3 million research effort to determine how the widespread use of such technology would affect air quality and the demand for electricity in California.

PHEVs are plugged in to electrical outlets to charge onboard batteries that allow them to operate on electricity longer than today's hybrid vehicles.

UC Irvine will receive $1.4 million over two years under a $25 million statewide program designed to develop alternative fuel projects that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The Incentive Program for Alternative Fuels, authorized under Assembly Bill 1811, is administered by the California Air Resources Board and the California Energy...

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