Recently at an National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Odyssey Day event in Michigan a professor from UC Davis spoke out about the need for the American public to stand up and demand not just Hybrid cars from the American auto makers but a “plug in” version of those cars. He says it is time to tell the car makers that if they build these cars we will buy them.
A plug in version of a hybrid would allow the owner to charge the battery over night and then run only on the battery power if the owner wanted to. This would further increase the mileage you could get on a battery power and increase gas mileage. This is not some sort of technology for 50 years form now but rather a goal that is doable right now in our country.
Andrew A. Frank, a professor from UC-Davis, was one of the keynote speakers at the National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Odyssey Day hosted at the downtown campus of Kalamazoo Valley Community College. As part of the event, several alternative-energy vehicles were displayed outside.
Hybrid vehicles that can be plugged in are not simply a solution to be worked on in 50 years, but they can and should be in use now, said Frank, who said he had eight such vehicles he’s built in his own garage.
Of course to get the auto makers to come around there would need to be considerable voices expressing this desire for clean and eco friendly cars. Is it time to get away from oil and the middle east and begin to take control of our own energy production and needs through green technologies? I would vote yes…..
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