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Felix Kramer's Chevy Volt (awaiting VOLT009 license plate) with portable cable set at Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe in January 2011 Full-size photo


Felix Kramer with Chevy Volt (awaiting VOLT009 license plate) and portable cable set at Brockway Summit overlooking Lake Tahoe in January 2011 Full-size photo


Redwood City, February 2011 Full-size photo


Raindrops on the lens don't obscure the promise of these rainbowed vehicles, Redwood City, February 2011 Full-size photo


Felix Kramer's Chevy Volt (awaiting VOLT009 license plate) and the San Francisco Peninsula Coastal Range in January 2011. Full size photo


Felix Kramer's Chevy Volt (awaiting VOLT009 license plate) near the foothills south of San Francisco in January 2011. Full size photo


A prototype of Toyota's plug-in hybrid Prius drives by a CalCars' converted PHEV at a rooftop ride-and-drive in San Jose, June 15, 2010. Toyota lent a car to Silicon Valley Leadership Group, to be used by member executives as a preview of the mass-produced car coming in 2012. Full size photo

CalCars' Prius converted at LA Auto Show November 2007 in front of an ad for GM's Chevy Volt PHEV.
CalCars' Prius converted at LA Auto Show November 2007 in front of building-sized ad for GM's Chevy Volt PHEV. Full size photo

Jim Phillipi drives Texas' first Plug-in Prius across the state line
After his car was converted at the Maker Faire in San Mateo in May 2007, Jim Philippi's family became the first individual owners of a Prius in the Lone Star State. He drives it past Houston City Hall on the way to work every morning. Full size photo

Felix's PHEV-converted Prius
Founder Felix Kramer's Prius, converted by EnergyCS. Full-size photo Felix Kramer is the world's first consumer owner of a plug-in hybrid. He put 15,000 miles on the car in the six months after it was converted in April 2006, flew it to Washington to give rides to Senators and Representatives, and put the car at the service of building what former CIA Director James Woolsey describes as the "coalition between the tree-huggers, the do-gooders, the sod-busters, the cheap hawks, and the evangelicals."


Felix Kramer's Prius isolated on a white background. Full-size photo

Felix with his plug-in Prius
Felix with his plug-in, 100+ MPG Prius Full-size photo

Riders at the Cascadia's TransTech Energy Conference, May, 2007
At the May 2007 Cascadia conference in Redmond, WA, we gave rides in our car and an Escalade stretch limo waited for a GM speaker. Full-size photo

Felix Kramer's Prius at Crissy Field
Founder Felix Kramer's Prius at Crissy Field in San Francisco. Full-size photo

Felix Kramer and Ron Gremban in Berkeley, 23 Oct 06
CalCars Tech Lead Ron Gremban and Founder Felix Kramer brought both cars to the Oct 23, 2006 Yes on 87 rally in Berkeley with Al Gore. Full-size photo

Felix Kramer and Ron Gremban with the PRIUS+, the world's first plug-in hybrid
Founder Felix Kramer, Technology Lead Ron Gremban, and the Golden Gate Bridge (with the PRIUS+). Full-size photo


The battery box is covered with a mini-tutorial on plug-in hybrids and this conversion. All the images shown on the box are available at CalCars Photos and Downloads. Full-size photo


The "dongle" connects to any 120-volt extension cord to recharge the car. Full-size photo


Technology Lead Ron Gremban and Oregon's Mount Hood.
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The PRIUS+ and Mount Hood. Full-size photo


Oil and cars: a relationship slowly drifting apart. Full-size photo


Still drifting apart. Full-size photo


The original March 19, 2004 CalCars bumper sticker. This car started plugging in on April 7, 2006.


Rear bumper of an instrumented (but not converted) Ford Escape Hybrid Full-size photo



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