Delivering the Message on the Benefits of Plug-In Hybrids
03/01/2007
Electric co-ops and other utilities stand to earn substantial revenues if plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) achieve significant market penetration.
Current hybrid electric cars use their gas engines and braking power to recharge the batteries their electric motors need. PHEVs would have larger batteries that could also be recharged by plugging into a standard home outlet. PHEVs would offer 30-50 percent better fuel efficiency than standard hybrids.
PHEVs could travel from 20-60 miles on battery charge alone, and since half of all cars in the U.S. are driven 25 miles or less each day, a plug-in with a 25-mile range battery would completely eliminate gas use in the daily commute of millions of Americans.
Simply put, electric "gas" would cost less than $1.00 per gallon. The gas-free performance of PHEVs would help reduce pollution and our country's dependence on foreign oil.
For additional information, call NRECA's Richard Robinson at 703-907-5856.
NRECA is the national association representing over 900 member electric cooperatives mainly in the US.
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Electric co-ops and other utilities stand to earn substantial revenues if plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) achieve significant market penetration. 