Green Gears installed advanced Plug-in Hybrid retrofit battery systems manufactured by A123 systems and advanced cellular data loggers manufactured by Grid Point into a small fleet of Toyota Prius vehicles for University of California Davis. The specially modified vehicle will be used in a driver behavior study by UC Davis and AAA auto club San Francisco Chronicle [...]
Central Vermont Public Service PHEV installation
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Here a high voltage connection being made inside the Toyota battery. The precharge resistor, current sensor and contactors are visible. Proper saftey procedures are important. The oarange gloves are a precaution, no voltage is present at these connections. This photo shows the graphics applied to differentiate this PHEV Prius from the other Prius in the [...]
San Diego Gas and Electric
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Montreal Auto Show 1/07
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LA County Internal Service Dept
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Hybrid Fest 7/07
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Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman installed a PHEV system in front of an eager crowd at Hybrid Fest 07’ in Madison Wisconsin. This vehicle is Part of the Wisconsin Public Power Inc. (WPPI) vehicle fleet. We really enjoyed the enthusiasm of the hybrid owners at the show it was an exciting event. This picture shows [...]
Google Installs- 2007
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Google PHEV Installs- 2006
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The Google Plug in Hybrid Vehicles parked at Pat’s Garage in San Francisco. Midle stage of installation shown. More information on the Google vehicles can be found at rechargeit.org John Peters and Nick Rothman pictured building pack components prior to system installation. The Google PHEV vehicles have been test driven and are now ready to [...]
Austin Energy 8/07
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This photo is of Marc Kapner of Austin Energy and Nick Rothman of Green Gears Inc. Standing in front of the Austin Energy – Plug-in Partners PHEV Prius Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman shortly after final system test and data aquisition. This vehicle is now ready for service in the Austin Energy fleet.
