Silicon Valley Leadership Group

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The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) is an organization to, from its website, "involve principal officers and senior managers of member companies in a cooperative effort with local, regional, state, and federal government officials to address major public policy issues affecting the economic health and quality of life in Silicon Valley".^[1]

1 Power PHEV
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[edit] Power PHEV

Sillicon Valley is the electric alternative to the Detroit automotive business, based in the attitude take it into production and drive down the cost ^[2].

The SVLG is enlisting 100+ Silicon Valley citizens willing to convert a Toyota Prius into a plug-in hybrid for themselves or for their company. SVLG have spoken with two battery/conversion companies:

A123Systems, that will offer the conversions at Pat’s Garage in San Francisco.
and Valence that is working with OEMTEK.

They have established the following requirements for this initiative:

The conversion will cost no more than USD$10,000.
The conversion module will meet federal safety and reliability testing—the same National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) standards automakers must meet.
The battery will be at least 5 kWh battery (at least 20 miles - 32 km - all electric range at low speeds) and no emission or drive train parts or components from the original vehicle will be replaced or removed.
The battery company will offer a three-year/36,000 mile warranty for the battery/conversion module.
Conversions to start in early 2008.