http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4663 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:44:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4663#comment-239137 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:26:38 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4663#comment-239137 [...] As I reported just yesterday, Toyota is starting road tests of it’s plug-in hybrid prototypes. What I didn’t know then, and know now, is that two UC California campuses will get to test them as well. Toyota announced yesterday that it has developed a plug-in hybrid vehicle and become the first manufacturer to have such a vehicle certified for use on public roads in Japan. Toyota will also provide plug-in (PHEV) hybrid prototypes to the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Source: Auto Industry [...] […] As I reported just yesterday, Toyota is starting road tests of it’s plug-in hybrid prototypes. What I didn’t know then, and know now, is that two UC California campuses will get to test them as well. Toyota announced yesterday that it has developed a plug-in hybrid vehicle and become the first manufacturer to have such a vehicle certified for use on public roads in Japan. Toyota will also provide plug-in (PHEV) hybrid prototypes to the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Source: Auto Industry […]

]]> http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4663#comment-239135 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:19:37 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4663#comment-239135 These are hybrid, not electric ... also, the Tesla is a 100K car ... hardly comparable to the target audience for these cars (we don't know what the price is going to be yet, but it isn't going to be 100K ... or even 50K, as in the Prius with the plug-in hybrid aftermarket kit). These are hybrid, not electric … also, the Tesla is a 100K car … hardly comparable to the target audience for these cars (we don’t know what the price is going to be yet, but it isn’t going to be 100K … or even 50K, as in the Prius with the plug-in hybrid aftermarket kit).

]]> http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4663#comment-238854 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:20:24 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4663#comment-238854 What a sad joke. If you want to see a "real" electric car go to http://www.teslamotors.com What a sad joke. If you want to see a “real” electric car go to
http://www.teslamotors.com

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