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