google takes a step

The plugin hybrid will be the competitor's edgeonce things work out well in the automotive sectoreven google has shown its supporthttp://www.usatoday .com/tech/ news/techinnovat ions/2007- 06-18-google- hybrid-cars_ N.htm".... The future, according to Google:· Plug-in hybrids mass produced by major automakers.· Fuel tanks filled not with gasoline but with bio-fuels, such asethanol, for the internal-combustion engines to use when necessary.· Solar carports, where plug-ins could recharge from power generatedby the sun.· Vehicle-to-grid links. The growing number of plug-in hybrid ownerscould sell the power stored in their cars' batteries to utilitycompanies using special hookups to the utilities' power grid. Googlebelieves utilities would be happy to buy that juice instead of payingvery high prices for additional electricity during peak demand, suchas 100-degree days when customers are running their home airconditioning full blast. ...."[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]