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Want over 100 mpg? Plug-in hybrids claim to deliver. The auto industry is dragging its feet, so some consumers have taken matters into their own hands and converted their hybrids into plug-ins. In the era of global warming, this is a great step in the right direction.
Broadcast History
Aired nationally on 5/27/06 on Air America Radio as a special feature of EcoTalk with Betsy Rosenberg.
Transcript
Just when the U.S. public figured out you don?t have to plug in hybrid cars, here comes the plug-in hybrid! They are just like the ones you see zipping down the road today enjoying double or triple the gas mileage the rest of us suckers get. The main difference with plug-ins is they carry more electric capacity to keep you running on batteries longer. What?s really awesome is the fuel efficiency. It increases to over 100 miles per gallon. Sound too good to be true? Well, believe it, because it?s already happening. There are concept cars being developed by almost every major manufacturer, waiting in the wings.
But, behind the scenes, in garages all over the US, innovative people have been doing what the automakers haven?t. They?ve been retrofitting current hybrids into plug-ins.
If we look at this in light of the big picture, global warming is arguably the defining challenge of our...
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Timing and Cues
1:44 in length.
Suggested intro: Up next, plug-in hybrid electric cars may be the next wave in the surge of hybrid popularity.
Outcue: "...For EcoTalk, I'm Shana Weber."
Suggested host out: EcoTalk airs across the nation on the Air America Radio network.
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