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>they can do about increasing fuel economy."
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>Plugged or unplugged?
>The extra batteries let Gremban drive for 20 miles with a 50-50 mix of gas
>and electricity. Even after the car runs out of power from the batteries
>and switches to the standard hybrid mode, it gets the typical Prius fuel
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>day, Acetaminophen With Ibuprofen he says, he gets 80 mpg.
>"The value of plug-in hybrids is they can dramatically reduce gasoline
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>that kind of driving, the plug-in hybrid can make a dramatic difference."
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>Gremban promotes the CalCars Initiative, a volunteer effort encouraging
>automakers to Dose Ibuprofen make plug-in hybrids.
>Backers of plug-in hybrids acknowledge that the electricity to boost their
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>they say that process still produces far less pollution than oil. They also
>note that electricity could be generated cleanly from solar power.
>Gremban rigged his car to promote the nonprofit CalCars Initiative, a San
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>Automakers have Dose Of Ibuprofen spent millions of Ibuprofen Or Acetaminophen dollars telling motorists that hybrids
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>Gaffney, who heads the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Security Policy,
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>DaimlerChrysler spokesman Nick Dose For Ibuprofen Cappa said plug-in hybrids are ideal for
>companies with fleets of vehicles that can be recharged at a central
>location at night. He declined to name the Acetaminophen Ibuprofen companies buying the vehicles
>and said he did not know the vehicles' mileage or cost, or when they would
>be available.
>Others are modifying hybrids, too.
>Monrovia-based Energy CS has converted two Priuses to get up to 230 mpg by
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>next year, company vice president Greg Hanssen said.
>University of California, Davis, engineering professor Andy Frank built a
>plug-in hybrid from the ground up in 1972 and has since built seven others,
>one of which gets up to 250 mpg. They were converted from non-hybrids,
>including a Ford Taurus and Chevrolet Suburban.
>Frank has spent $150,000 to $250,000 in research costs on each car, but
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>Instead, Frank said, automakers promise hydrogen-powered vehicles hailed by
>President Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, even though hydrogen's
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