| Car manufacturers have been outdoing each other in | | | | the State of New York with a plug-in hybrid electric |
| developing and producing cutting edge green vehicles. | | | | vehicle in our fleet. When we were approached by |
| The race to produce the most fuel efficient vehicle is | | | | NYPA and DaimlerChrysler, we knew immediately that |
| spurred by the increased demand for fuel misers as | | | | we wanted to be involved. We are delighted to be |
| prices of gasoline increases. | | | | supporting the use of clean energy, sustainability and |
| Furthermore, President Bush's "Twenty in Ten" policy | | | | advances in plug-in hybrid technology." |
| has prompted car manufacturers to produce fuel | | | | Meanwhile, Mark Chernoby, the Vice President for |
| efficient vehicles. Hybrid technology is already being | | | | Advanced Vehicle Engineering of the Chrysler Group, |
| widely used by car manufacturers. Hybrid vehicles use | | | | has this to say about the partnership with the New |
| an electric motor to give extra power to the vehicle | | | | York Times: "Alliances such as this are necessary for |
| without using petroleum fuel. | | | | new technologies to move forward. The daily |
| Taking a step further, car manufacturers are now | | | | operation of The New York Times Dodge Sprinter |
| developing plug-in hybrid vehicles, or hybrid vehicles | | | | plug-in hybrid will give DaimlerChrysler the valuable real |
| which are equipped with a battery pack. Now such a | | | | world experience needed for hybrid powertrain and |
| type of vehicle can be actually recharged via a | | | | lithium-ion battery development." |
| common household outlet for additional power. | | | | The current technology now uses lithium-ion battery |
| Recently, a vehicle of that kind was delivered to the | | | | packs since they weigh less than nickel-metal hydride |
| New York Times. The world famous newspaper | | | | which were the ones previously used. The battery is |
| recently announced that they have become the first | | | | also more powerful thus supplying more power to the |
| recipient of a plug-in hybrid vehicle in the East Coast. | | | | electric motor used in the hybrid which works similar to |
| The said plug-in hybrid vehicle will be tested by the | | | | a Nissan starter. |
| New York Times as a part of a commercial | | | | Arshad Mansoor, the Vice President for Power |
| performance demonstration and technology evaluation | | | | Delivery and Market Sector for the Electric Power |
| process. | | | | Research Institute, has this to say about their |
| The vehicle, a Dodge Sprinter, will be tasked to deliver | | | | involvement in the development of the Dodge Sprinter |
| New York Times newspapers from the firm's printing | | | | plug-in hybrid vehicle: "The New York Times Hybrid |
| plant in College Point, Queens to the New York Times' | | | | Sprinter evaluation represents an important milestone in |
| headquarters located in central Manhattan. Aside from | | | | EPRI's PHEV research and development program that |
| that duty, the Dodge Sprinter plug-in hybrid vehicle will | | | | began in 1999. The test data collected will help |
| also be making trips to the Time's plant situated in | | | | determine the technologies that need to be |
| Edison, New Jersey. | | | | incorporated into a production design, facilitating the |
| The New York Times received the said PHEV as the | | | | effort to make PHEV's commercially available." |
| result of the collaboration between DaimlerChrysler, the | | | | Meanwhile, Randolph S. Price, the Vice President for |
| New York Power Authority, the Electric Power | | | | Environment, Health, and Safety for Con Edison, stated |
| Research Institute, and Con Edison. The partnership is | | | | that: "Con Edison's research and development group |
| aimed to test the developed plug-in hybrid vehicle | | | | recognizes the potential that hybrid plug-in electric |
| under real-world applications. DaimlerChrysler is the | | | | vehicles have to make a profound impact on the |
| only carmaker to test their plug-in hybrid vehicles in the | | | | environment. Electric vehicles have the potential to |
| United States. The result of the evaluation process will | | | | dramatically lessen our country's dependence on |
| play a major role in the future of the Dodge Sprinter | | | | foreign oil and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
| plug-in hybrid vehicle. | | | | As the electric supplier for nine million New Yorkers, |
| Tom Lombardo, the Vice President for Production of | | | | Con Edison is on the lookout for new, environmentally |
| the New York Times, has this to say: "We are proud | | | | friendly applications for the electric grid. |
| that The New York Times is the first major entity in | | | | |