Hybrids Plus' History

1. 2008

Aug 6th - Founder Davide Andrea concedes that it is no longer possible to steer Hybrids Plus back onto a path to success, leaves the company
Jul 24th - Ended sales of present Prius line, in preparation for new Prius product
Jul 19th - A Prius converted to PHEV by Hybrids Plus PHEV is destroyed by fire, caused by an assembly error
Jun 2nd - V2G demonstration to Xcel Energy
Jan 24th - Moved to new headquarters: 3245 Prairie Ave, Boulder CO 80301
Jan 16th - Alison Gannett /Office for resource efficiency Escape delivered
Jan 11th - Rural Utility Escape delivered
Jan 10th - Updated NYSERDA car picked-up

2. 2007

Nov 9th - "Highlander is next" announcement
Oct 18th - Boulder CO customer picks-up his PHEV-30 Prius
Oct 8th - South Carolina customer picks-up his PHEV-15 Prius
Oct 3rd - Our Prius gets a wrap
Sep 26th - Carl attempts to repair Nyserda Escape. Unable to, must ship back
Sep 25th - First Ford Escape PHEV delivered to NYSERDA
Sep 10th - Received PO from Xcel for 6 Escape PHEV V2G conversions
Sep 8th - Completed our own PHEV conversion
Aug 31st - Signed partnership contract with V2Green
Aug 5th - Delivered a Prius PHEV-30 to a private individual in Rifle CO
July 21-22 - PHEV-30 Prius presented at Hybrid Fest 2007 in Madison
July 19 - Argonne system installed
June 7 - Presented a talk to the Battery Power Conference 2007, in Denver
May 24 - Delivered a Prius PHEV-30 to a private individual in Seattle
May 17 - Delivered a custom Prius PHEV to a battery manufacturer, using their batteries
May - Popular Mechanics article on PHEVs features Hybrids Plus
Mar 06 - OEMC handover
Jan 19 - Chelsea Sexton (of "Who killed the Electric Car" fame) visits

Dec 14 - Displayed OEMC's Prius at NREL's National Wind Technology Center, during the inauguration of NREL / XCEL's hydrogen from wind plant
Oct 16 - Notified that we won the Ford Escape contract for NYSERDA
Sep 24 - Demonstrated the State of Colorado at CU Law School
Sep 18 - Demonstrated the State of Colorado car in Fort Collins, at the Colorado Tech Week
Sep 16 - Drove around town
Sep 15 - Driving under power from new pack
July 7 - first contract: Colorado Office of Energy Management and Conservation
July 5 - website up
July 3 - got our first Prius to convert - cleared the contents down to the stock traction pack
June 26 - official start of work
June 7 - Hybrids Plus incorporated
Spring - initial explorations