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A '''plug-in hybrid electric vehicle''' ('''PHEV''') is |
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| + | {{Quote|[a] hybrid car[] with an added battery. As the term suggests, plug-in hybrids — which look and perform much like 'regular' cars — can be plugged into a 120-volt outlet (for instance each night at home, or during the workday at a parking garage) and charged. Plug-ins run on the stored energy for much of a typical day's driving — depending on the size of the battery up to 60 miles per charge, far beyond the commute of an average American — and when the charge is used up, automatically keep running on the fuel in the fuel tank. A person who drives every day a distance shorter than the car's electric range would never have to dip into the fuel tank.<ref>[[Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse]], "Acronyms" ([http://www.sgiclearinghouse.org/Acronyms full-text]).</ref>}} |
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| − | {{Quote|[a] vehicle with an internal combustion engine as well as batteries that can be charged using an external power source.<ref>Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., The Future of the Electric Grid, Glossary, at 264 (2011) ([http://web.mit.edu/mitei/research/studies/documents/electric-grid-2011/Electric_Grid_Full_Report.pdf full-text]).</ref>}} |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 01:15, 30 September 2013
Definition[]
A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is
| “ | [a] hybrid car[] with an added battery. As the term suggests, plug-in hybrids — which look and perform much like 'regular' cars — can be plugged into a 120-volt outlet (for instance each night at home, or during the workday at a parking garage) and charged. Plug-ins run on the stored energy for much of a typical day's driving — depending on the size of the battery up to 60 miles per charge, far beyond the commute of an average American — and when the charge is used up, automatically keep running on the fuel in the fuel tank. A person who drives every day a distance shorter than the car's electric range would never have to dip into the fuel tank.[1] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse, "Acronyms" (full-text).