Set America Free Coalition - Energy Independence through Fuel Choice - the solution:
"Plug-in Hybrids
A PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) is essentially a regular hybrid with a bigger battery and an extension cord. You can fill it up at the gas station, and plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. It's like having a second fuel tank that you always use first – only you fill up at home, from an electric outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon.
PHEVs stretch each gallon of gasoline with electricity. In this way, PHEVs achieve oil economy levels of 100 miles per gallon of gasoline without compromising the size, safety, or power of a vehicle, with a range of 20 to 60 electric miles without the use of gasoline after being charged in a standard electrical outlet. Since they also have a liquid fuel tank, if the battery is depleted PHEV can still be driven the full range of a 'regular' gasoline only car.
If a PHEV is also a flexible-fuel vehicle powered by 85 percent alcohol and 15 percent gasoline, oil economy could reach over 500 miles per gallon of gasoline – each gallon of gasoline is stretched with electricity and alcohol fuel. Ideally, plug-in hybrids would be charged at night in home or apartment garages, when electric utilities have significant reserve capacity."
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