Two phev fires have people asking the question…

Ford won’t back plug-ins until they’re sold by other companies.

Chevy Volt leads the innovative best-of-best

Biggest hybrid convention in the USA

Toyota’s new hybrid-only model, plans to make every Toyota a hybrid, new battery innovations and dips into ethanol

a way of saving a significant amount of gas while running electric cars on clean energy

initial orders expected to deliver by the end of 2009

May 1st, Popular Mechanics came out with a list of ten X Prize hopefuls. Some of the companies are already on our radar, and others haven’t received much press at all.

AFS Trinity Power’s PHEV technology brings gas-electric hybrids up to 150 mpg, allowing them to go 40 miles in EV mode while still relying on gas for those extra-long trips on which critics tend to focus.
Working models called “XH-150 SUVs” – modified Saturn Vue hybrids – debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in January. A few days ago, AFS (along with Ricardo plc) introduced a model for corporations – Extreme Fleet. Developers say it could save businesses 75% on fuel expenses.
The program appears to be targeting government fleets – police departments, federal groups, and some private operations.
It’s unclear at this …read more

Unfortunately, it’s not cheap.