Google.org RechargeIT: Plug-in Hybrids

[jutx2]

Can someone at google.org or rechargeit contact me? I have an opportunity to buy one of these exact cars that you offloaded a while ago and would like some more information on it. I wouldn't mind doing some research on this and possibly owning one. What a great vehicle to have! Please contact me and send me a message. Thanks Google.

[penmanwyse]

How to get over 2500 views per night while you are asleep. Its so easy when you do exactly as I say in this video: /watch?v=uqwhomCAO6o

[HYBRELEC]

It's very good video ! thank you google ! i visite your hybrelec.fr

[rock3tcat]

Is that the woman who worked on the EV1 project for General Motors? :D

[JonnyTommyGuns]

I like this idea but it only appeals to people like in the video and myself whom are conscious about sustainability. They need to make a car that looks normal if they want everybody buying these. When I see a Prius I cringe and all of a sudden don't are about saving gas money or the environment. Chevy Volt is a step in the right direction but we will see when it actually comes out.

[PsycitzoFREEK]

Do you people just judge without watching the rest of the video? I am curious how much you guys actually watched? They could charge at night, but at the end of the video they are also solar charged(check at 4:55 - through the end of the vid) & Another thing, It is a hybrid it still has gas! All your negative comments of worrying about how you would do such and such and OMG what if I live 10 stories up... This is why our country or world will never change.. We should end petroleum dependency !!!

[johncbell1]

Love the idea but if i recall GM built the patent for the prius then let it expire and toyota picked it up and ran with it.

[bearnurse1]

How do you safely plug the car to an electric outlet in the pouring rain? How do you prevent a teenager unplugging your car during the night as a prank? Hybrid cars that have a built in recharging mechanism have more of a future I think. If you're staying in a hotel and your room is on the 10th floor how are you going to run an extension cord from your room to your car?

[kostea13]

Plugin EV is the real deal ! Look at Toyota RAV EV from 2002 they are runing over 120000 miles and the NiMh battery still get 100 miles per charge ! SO BY PEV ! EV IS THE FUTURE !

[juscurious]

I hope for your sake that English is a second language.

Define a zero emission car. The bonuses that are paid out by GM, Ford, Chrysler, etc are tiny compared to the compensation paid out by Google, Microsoft, or most of the Computer Software companies. The Executative Compensation at GM and Ford comes to less than $35 per car. Look it up. That's trival. So you have to HW assignments: 1) Define a Zero Emissions Car 2)Research Executative Compensation 3)Learn some English if you have time.

[bearnurse1]

Plug in hybrids are not practical for the millions who live in condos who don't have garages or live where they park on the street. Running a hundreds of feet long extension cord from you condo all the way to you car on the street is not practical. I predict there will be an increase in people being electrocuted trying to plug in their hybrid car in the pouring rain.

[juscurious]

Those people can buy a standard hybrid like the Ford Fusion or the Toyota Prius.

[PresVsPrez]

Not a big deal. In colder weather, we all have block-heaters which need to be plugged-in during the night

[juscurious]

Boy these guys at Google are arrogant. They also must not read very much. Have any of these guys ever read about the Chevy Volt or the 3 Plug in hybrids Chryler has planned. Google IS a sucessful company but eventually someone else will have a comprobable search engine and their day and the sun will be over. Google types are the people who will spend $20,000 to save $5,000 in gasoline. Never, never, I repeat never trust Software Geeks to solve our energy problems. These guys are fools.

[GA7777777]

Where can I buy one ?

[milofonbil]

@GA7777777 Where can you buy a plug-in hybrid? You still can't buy them, but you can covert an existing hybrid vehicle such as a Toyota Prius 2004-2009 with a kit such as an A123 Hymotion L5 conversion kit. There are dealers across the country that will do the conversion.

[RealityCheck1970]

Driving around 500 to 1000 pounds of batteries to save 2 gallons of gas is stupid. We need a fundamental technology leap. Until then, use the PPH60 from gogreenwithct. This system uses batteries to power the electrical loads in your car so the extremely inefficient alternator doesn't have to.

[the43k]

I think you been sniffing glue.... inefficient alternator? Yeah lets stick with the prehistoric combustion engine instead of electricity. Please Realitycheck1970, give up with the snake oil sales.

[juscurious]

You are the one under the influence of something, glue or otherwise. The ICE has made modern life possible as we know it. If it's so prehistoric then tell me why some genius hasn't come up with something better. Yes we all know about electric motors being more efficient than the ICE. No one has ever figured out how to get the electricity to the motors. 100 years old street cars in my hometown used electric with a connected electrical grid alongside. This isn't practical for a car. Get educated.

[thomasw78]

My question on Vehicle to Grid is if your car is providing power back to the grid then what do you do when you need to drive it and the battery is dead.

[arni0202]

When I found out that producing one prius makes more waste and emits more CO2 than building one Hummer H2 I was disappointed.

Making Car Factories Greener first is important. Subaru already has a green factory located in (or near?)a national wildlife reserve lol.  Just give me an E85 plug in hybrid and i'll be happy. Gas free is the main thing.

[bavanaina]

I would like to have Google make the conversion available, so I can retrofit it in a hybrid car.

[water4fuelnow]

I totally agree..If you had a strong arm on a product or market, you'd be upset too if someone came along with a proven device that not only works better than your item yet it's better for our planet. Water4fuel,info

[lsimpson18]

I love James Woolsey's description of the coalition of people who support new, little-to-no-gasoline technologies. It's true that there's a big coalition of people who want this, and that enables change.

[707danawrkmn707]

10 years from now, GM is gone, all in

[liveoilfree]

Sock puppets are paid by GM or Big Oil to blather the same old lies.

Wake up! This is a big issue, whether we stay enslaved to foreign oil dictators.

These dumb posters are putting the money they get paid above common sense.

Solar power and plug-in cars, it works for hundreds of us.  Why not you??

[mike081283]

why dont you guys put solar pannels on the roof of the car make a costom 1 that molds to the shape of the roof make it berly noticable and when the car is sitting i can auto recharge like if u park it to goin the store or ur sitting in traffic u park it in the sun and bam free power if i had the money id built a great car that uses every energey effishent device or idea out there like magnetic regen breakin and someing i rather keep to my self so i dnt get riped off just take a deep breth hint

[MostlyPoliticalStuff]

You global warming lovers and environmentalists make me laugh. Sure, a plug-in won't use fuel. BUT, where do you get the electricity from? You guessed it, the power plant. More plug in cars = more power plants. Just goes to show ya short-term thinking never works. Also, leave your hateful comments about me, it amuses me.

[liveoilfree]

Actually, we make more electric than we use from our rooftop solar system. The money we saved on gas paid for the system, now, we drive for free. NO gas, no oil, no smog checks.

[synerjee]

You can use electricity from whatever other source - wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, nuclear.

You don't have alternatives for oil.

You may also feel free to ignore the global warming shtick - it's much more of an issue that the oil price isn't really going down and that drilling in the ANWR is a drop in the bucket. Think of the wallets, not of the whales.

[wirebaby17]

Power plants are much easier to maintain and regulate than individual vehicles. And, as mentioned below, there are plenty of places with clean fuel alternatives. I don't advocate burning coal or oil for electricity - but how about garbage? Or maybe biodigesters from feedlots and dairies?

[schie390]

Good things don't come "easy".

[MZBOGAN011]

i think all thiz iz bullshit

[4chiapet]

I would love to do be apart of the recharge it

thingy but I'm not going to spend that much money "$5000+" just for the battery in the car that has a limited number of charges and wast

them no putting power back to the grid

sorry call me greedy

[liveoilfree]

Our RAV4-EV has a NiMH battery that lasts longer than the life of the car -- even a Toyota car -- over 200,000 miles.

So why not allow some people to BUY them??

[TheTwilightGuy]

SMUG ALERT!

[adhikaranya]

I'm glad google is proving it's possible. They can attract the attention needed.

If you want a much cheaper alternative for saving on gas, cleaner emissions, and something you can add to any car, check this site out: wateristhenewfuel . com

[Nickshark1982]

Ha to manufacture the batteries is using alot of fossil fuel anyways. I guess in the long run it is better though.

[ikekll]

"This Back Woods Ex Oil Company Employee Blows the Iid on New Gas Saving Device. This Video May Not be Here Long"

Crazy Chemist Saves Your Gas

watch?v=O0qL_3YeV7Y

[cybersoufiane]

I am seeing only japanese cars in this project: "Honda" and "Toyota", there are no chevy, cadillac, dodge nor any american produced cars...

[captnsaj]

The said they are converting Toyota Prius AND Ford Escapes. The fact is the Japanese are ahead in this technology. I hope the Saturn Vue and Chevy Volt will change that.

[ubenice]

Google has 2 Ford Escape in their fleet.

[ubenice]

Google has 2 Ford Escape in their fleet.

[MyFatalDownFall]

Sorry to inform you, but.. Look up the Chevy Volt.

[liveoilfree]

We had American-made EV1, powered by American electricity. But GM took them away, crushed them, and drove us to buy Toyota RAV4-EV.

GM is hooked on oil.

[juscurious]

You don't know what you are talking about about. The EV1 as an all electric was not a viable vehicle. It was only a 2 seater. It could not operate in very hot or very cold enviroments. I know this because one of my friends had a EV1 in SoCal back in the 1990's. It had very limited range and if you ever needed to run the heater or air you would be in trouble. Also the most important reason GM would not produce the car was that the US Government would not let it. It wouldn't pass the crash tests.

[Heimdall01]

Ok! But why didn't GM make a better car? So it could at least pass the safety test I mean..

[juscurious]

The battery technology wasn't there in the mid 1990's. It ccost GM $80,000/car. Gas was relatively cheap at this time and only a very small number of niche types wanted an electric, 2 seater with all the limitations and were willing to pony up $80,000. Would you have paid that for a 2 seat electric car? I'll bet you wouldn't. None of the other car companies went down this path because they saw the same technical problems as well. Why didn't Honda build this car? You need to get educated.

[Heimdall01]

Well, I know about those limitations, and I was only refering to the safety aspect. The norwegian Think vehicle (Alas! also only a two-seater!) passed those safety test in 1999, but sadly due to economical havoc only went into production this summer!

Only the price was new for me! 80 grand !! wow! But GM did not sell this car did they? I mean even if someone would have given GM 80 000 dollar at that time. Hva a nice day!

[kenhes]

Fair play to Google (and anyone else). We all need a leader in this field, but when it comes down to it, individually, we got ourselves into the mess and individually we have to get ourselves out. It's simply about everyday choices.

[odiggler]

The reason why car companies dont build better cars is because we the cattle dont demand this technology. We are so afraid to unite and demand better. If we all stopped buying non efficient shit they would be force to meet our needs. We need to be more like France, and burn shit down when government stops listening.

[hutsell]

Seriously, my 1993 Saturn gets 52mpg at 60mph and 28mpg at 30mph. If no one watches and puts any pressure on the industry, they'll regress for the easy money.

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I would prefer an electric, the technology is there. But not the intentionally insulting lame ass golf cart crap repeatedly created by Detroit.

[kislander1]

I guess people don't get it. Hybrid's are electric cars with a built in towtrucks. The car companies are selling it with a weaker battery so one there share holder the oil companies don't kill it. The question is will the EPA allow the car companies to use PHEV's to meet the high fuel standards my guess is no, since it requires someone to plug it in to get the better fuel economy there in is the paradox. Thank you Google for being an outsider to get this moving.

[kenvsryu555]

Just watch who killed the electric car - I need a plug in hybrid now.

[burritosburritos]

Hydrogen fuel cells is the biggest stall tactic ever invented by the automobile industry.

[seanyuk1970]

Battery technologies are getting better day by day so to be honest Electric cars are the way to go. They have better torque ratios than normal cars and the batteries you get in the cars buyable in 2008 last 250,000 miles and can charge in 15mins.

Go electric!

[islepod]

boy what a nut case!!!

Freedom of religion means

Freedom from religion and it's just

nut cases like this one that make

that so important!

[badnewswade]

Heh heh heh - spotted you again.

Great joke my man. A little immature though - reminds me too much of Bryan Hinnen's "leftandproud" character over on GU Talk.

[LatteLiberal]

You think this is a joke? You think the liberal destruction of America is a laughing matter? You think killing the stock market and oil companeis is something silly and lacksadaisical? Oh, man, you've got problems. Why don't you go take an economics class, take some personal responsibility and STOP BEING A COWARD! FIGHT FOR OIL LIKE A MAN!

[vanyok]

Wow... seriously a nut case. Sounds like a poor, frustrated person.

[LatteLiberal]

Look, liberals are using the global warming/oil crash/end of cheap oil threats to SCARE people into buying THEIR products like hybrids, solar panels and all the other crap THEY sell. FOLLOW THE MONEY! Oil companies are differnt. They don't use scare tactics and lies.

[badnewswade]

Surely you mean "diffrunt" :-)

[greyflcn]

==Oil companies are differnt. They don't use scare tactics and lies.==

Actually thats exactly what they use.

exxonsecrets. org

[tekjester]

Hes not serious retard. look at his name lol.

[greyflcn]

==Hes not serious retard. look at his name lol.==

Actually I've seen him around on Youtube.

The scary part is that he IS serious.

[cyreb]

GO PLUG-IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[angelcake4]

GO PLUG-IN!!!!!!!!!!!

[dan020350]

I see the true communism

[LatteLiberal]

Oil alternatives are like alternative lifestyles. Both are permitted by GOD. If you read the Bible it will show you that oil is natural and spoken about many times as something holy that GOD gave us to use. Hybrids help the liberal agenda - abortion, gays, women/black rights, art, "science" and other liberal filth.

[JackDragu]

You are not a Chrisitan extremist LatteLiberal. The joke is over.

[Voicedude]

Any real Christian wouldn't have those views anyway.

Remember the part about being 'good stewarts of the earth'?

[Voicedude]

stewards

[MSIL2]

I hope you're being sarcastic.

[badnewswade]

Laughing Out Loud

[chasesaunders]

Hydrogen embrittlement is basically a solved problem... in practice, not just in the lab.

For distribution, there are about 4000 miles of hydrogen pipeline and growing in the US right now. The oil companies need hydrogen to refine gasoline and have long established pipelines.

See also metal hydrides and aluminum for transport, which can be done in existing oil pipelines. See Woodall at Purdue

[LatteLiberal]

Agreed. Oil companies do a lot for us. They create jobs, donate money to charity, keep soldiers off welfare, keep the economy afloat. Oil is clean today and renewable if you give it time to regenerate over a period of years. Oil alternatives hurt the economy and only benefit liberals like the ones at Google. Maybe if Christians stood up and boycotted Google, we could turn this around and support the troops.

[manjotgrewal81]

Why the hell do you want to boycott google....u retard fish

[dougefish]

Sure oil companies do things for us, but they could be done much better in other ways. you mention jobs and keeping soldiers off of welfare,imagine the money that would stay in the U.S.if we didn't spend so much on fuel can you say economic stimulus?I spend on average

[dougefish]

150 a month on fue(I'mjust1person),the recent govn't stimulous package calls for giving $600 back to taxpayers(per year)experts agree this would stimulate the economy,and create more jobs.we would have plenty of left over money to take care of our troops

[HAL11000]

High-strength and low-alloy steels, aluminium, and titanium alloys are most susceptible to Hydrogen embrittlement. Approximately 700 miles of hydrogen pipelines are currently operating in the United States (compared to more than one million miles of natural gas pipelines) using Natural gas directly as a fuel makes sense since 94% of all hydrogen is made from it.

greyfalcon dot net/hydrogen3.png

[Bogt]

I like the idea of a serial plugin hybrid BUT I love the idea of a full EV. WHY? When I use a serial plugin hybrid I still have an ICE in my car that need oil, gas, tuneups etc. And it add weight to the car. Then you need more batteries for the same range that agian adds weight. Why not make cars that are designed to reduce NRG needs so they can have ALOT OF RANGE with less battery packs. See the LoremoDOTcom of VW 1L (google it)!

[Bogt]

The LOREMO will be made as an electric car. Comming in 2010. The NRG consumption the car needs is very low it will use less then 2l of diesel on 100km!! It will be a great EV with a very nice range.

[SWH0188720]

cleaner?? what are people smoking? honestly now, lets measure the impact of lead acid on the enviornment. how expensive are the batteries? acid vs. carbon emissions. battiers last for 3 to 4 years? get with it people. hybrids are just another form of polution. USE BIOFUELS, not lead battery acid.

[HAL11000]

They are not using Not led acid. They are using Ni-Mh batteries and lithium-ion.

[liveoilfree]

The Toyota RAV4-EV has a larger battery than the Volt supposedly needs. The fact that GM sold control of those batteries to Chevron indicates that GM has no intention of making the Volt.

[liveoilfree]

If GM were serious about the Volt, they would court the demographic that would be likely buyers. But they are not, indicating that they don't plan on actually selling them. The lead acid batteries in the EV1 would be more than enough to do the 40 miles for the Volt. They lie.

[liveoilfree]

Bob Lutz lies about the batteries for the Volt. NiMH is th only proven EV battery.

[kurosh9]

Tesla Motors seems to think differently. Check out their battery design.

[ocsev]

Tesla motors in a nice concept, but who can afford one. If you already have a prius this is a good start.

[kurosh9]

Did you read their "master plan"? The Tesla Roadster is just the beginning. Sure, most people can't afford one, but in a couple of years they will make other models that compete with the Prius (and other hybrids) in terms of price, except they will be fully electric.

[kurosh9]

I have long been a Toyota fan -- but one has to question, should we be supporting a company that makes a truck like the Tundra? I sort of agree it's better to have a Prius (or similar hybrid) now, but only if you are ready to afford another electric car (for about the same price) in a couple of years when Tesla (or others) make them available.

[stormconnors]

I wish GM would build their Volt (plug in hybrid) instead of talking about how the battery technology has to improve. Build it now and improve it later.

[kurosh9]

Who wants a plug-in hybrid, when you can get a completely electric car? Check out Tesla Motors -- look for their "master plan".

[OrganicDrew]

PROBLEM SOLVED: ON DEMAND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM THE EFFICIENT DISASSOCIATION OF WATER

there are more than 20 methods to do this efficiently and one BAD way that is ruining it for everyone else.

come on people! do it

[DrBrazil1]

Hydrogen isn't even remotely an economical fuel. The wholesale cost of commercial grade liquid hydrogen (made the cheap way, from hydrocarbons) shipped to large customers in the United States is about $6 per kilogram. High purity hydrogen made from electrolysis for scientific applications costs considerably more. Dispensed in compressed gas cylinders to retail customers, the current price of commercial grade hydrogen is about $100 per kilogram.

[OrganicDrew]

you are using liquid hydrogen as an example that is the worst example. If you produce it on demand you don't have the loss of storage and freezing and compression. Additionally if you produce the right type of Hydrogen spin you can get greater than 62,000 BTU per pound .. but i am missing the other 1/3rd of the equation where oxygen is a significant part twice the stroke with explosion followed by implosion gas can't do that!

[DrBrazil1]

In principle, a system of pipelines could, at enormous cost, be built for transporting gaseous hydrogen. Yet because hydrogen is so diffuse, with less than one-third the energy content per unit volume as natural gas, these pipes would have to be very big, and large amounts of energy would be required to move the gas along the line. Another problem with this scheme is that the small hydrogen molecules are brilliant escape artists.

[DrBrazil1]

Hydrogen can not only penetrate readily through the most minutely flawed seal, it can actually diffuse right through solid steel itself. The vast surface area offered by a system of hydrogen pipelines would thus afford ample opportunity for much of the hydrogen to leak away during transport.

[DrBrazil1]

As hydrogen diffuses into metals, it also embrittles them, causing deterioration of pipelines, valves, fittings, and storage tanks used throughout the entire distribution system. These would all have to be constantly monitored and regularly inspected, tested, and replaced. Otherwise the distribution system would become a continuous source of catastrophes.

[DrBrazil1]

For comparison, a kilogram of hydrogen contains about the same amount of energy as a gallon of gasoline. This means that even if hydrogen cars were available and hydrogen stations existed to fuel them, no one with the power to choose otherwise would ever buy such vehicles. This fact alone makes the hydrogen economy a non-starter in a free society.

[DrBrazil1]

And even if you are among those willing to sacrifice freedom and economic rationality for the sake of the environment, and therefore prefer hydrogen for its advertised benefit of reduced carbon dioxide emissions, think again. Because hydrogen is actually made by reforming hydrocarbons, its use as fuel would not reduce greenhouse gas emissions at all. In fact, it would greatly increase them.

It is bad science, bad economics, and bad public policy.

[HAL11000]

Hydrogen is nothing but nonsence.

efcf (dot) com/e/reports/E11.pdf

pluginamerica (dot) com/images/Physorg_11dec06.pdf

[HAL11000]

greyfalcon (dot) net/electriccars.png

greyfalcon (dot) net/electriccars2.png

greyfalcon (dot) net/hydrogen4.png

[noraklagrangian]

This is the reason why I trust Google. While most billionaires like Bill Gates and Larry Elison drive around in Porsches, Google founders Brin and Page live frugal lifestyles and try their best to make the world a better place. They are motivated not by greed but by principles. That is why I feel more comfortable having Google index my computer files than Microsoft.

[movie28108]

It is good to find big corporate like Google is working on such energy efficient projects!!

[loopy1980]

ok, um i know they are not burning fuel as much, but if they are using electricity that may use non renewable energy sources, then is that goin to put higher demand on energy supplies?

[antidense]

First, coal plants are way more efficient energy-generators than the equivalent number of gas powered cars because of their size and dynamics. Second, a lot of energy is currently wasted at night when no one is using it, so the cars could act as a buffer, redistributing energy to when it's needed.

[pertamana]

how about cycling?

[xiaoguanglee]

Interesting. Give a big hand! Expect a better and thoroughgoing solution.

[dieselhybrid]

How can plug-in hybrids be made better, reduce emissions, and burn less fuel? Answer, next-generation clean diesel hybrid. Next-generation clean diesel engines reduce emissions to the same level of a petrol engine and meet (EPA) Tier II/Bin 5 requirements. Comparing the Accord diesel (0 to 60 in 9+ sec.)and gas models sold in the UK, the diesel cuts total fuel use by 33 percent. If you reduce the amount of fuel used in the U.S. by 33 percent you save about 45 billion gallons of fuel per year.

[delspiva]

Regulations for all power plants will eventually follow California's lead, which makes running of the grid very efficient in every sense. Do good research. Did Leatwiteoutforfun factor in the amount of energy used to pump and deliver oil from wherever it comes from and our cost of wars waged to do so?

[ieatwiteoutforfun]

THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION

Most electricity comes from coal plants! Electric/plug-in hybrid cars are a joke! Think of where the energy comes from!

[MSIL2]

Got any better ideas?

[ieatwiteoutforfun]

There is no solution to global warming. All energy comes from the sun. Gasoline, made from organic matter (which came from the sun), was formed from millions of years of sunlight. The amount of energy given by the sun cannot compare to any other energy alternative.

[Kyrie159]

Even if all powerplants burned coal, less CO2 would enter the atmosphere with plugin hybrids than with gasoline autos.

[ieatwiteoutforfun]

" Even if all powerplants burned coal, less CO2 would enter the atmosphere with plugin hybrids than with gasoline autos."

Actually the difference is minuscule.

[greyflcn]

Actually the difference of running all cars on Coal electricity would be like converting all the cars to hybrids.

greyfalcon. net/ plugins3

Which isn't such a bad worst-case-scenario.

greyfalcon. net/ electriccars2.png

Considering the National grid is only 50% coal, we'd already be much better than that.

[ieatwiteoutforfun]

Well I want cars that will help reduce emissions by 80% by 2050. This "plugin hybrid" is crap.

[greyflcn]

How is it crap, if it cuts gasoline consumption by 90% by 2008.

And then opens the way for renewable electricity to power it. Which reduces CO2 emmisions by 98%

Plugin Hybrids get Greener, as they get Older.

_

That said REAL production plugin hybrids aren't going to be "Prius's with bigger batteries"

Instead they are going to be electric cars with small backup generators.

For instance, the Chevy Volt.

greyfalcon. net/ volt

[ieatwiteoutforfun]

Ever heard of the aluminum alloy powered car? Now thats the car I want.

[greyflcn]

--Ever heard of the aluminum alloy powered car? Now thats the car I want.--

No you don't want that car. It takes a pound of aluminum, for every mile of range, plus 2.5 gallons of heavy water for every equivalent gallon of gasoline. PLUS it's horribly ineffecient, and would likely cost you far more than gasoline to refuel.

Besides which, it uses galium, and that also costs way too much, and is far too scarce to use as a fuel.

[carollrar]

You might know Detroit is still fighting the inevitable. They never learn.

[Cp1der]

The Bill concerning Automotive Industry, raising the CAFE standard to = 35 m.p.h. IN 35 YEARS, (No that's not a Joke, their acting serious, so if their not kidding... their Conning.) Is a FARCE!

Reformation of the Automotive Industry must be DEMANDED! Please Visit: ReformAutos(dot)org

[DrBones666]

Main problem with hybids is that you're still lugging around a huge internal combustion engine, heavy drive train and you still need all the dirty fluids made from oil. An electric car with a 2 stroke engine charger will give you better gas milage.

[1StageMom]

Nice, but still 50 years behind where we could be, Google. Maybe YOU have the power to get congressional hearings...since you're here on YouTube, type in DISCLOSURE PROJECT and watch the entire press conference.

[cocofizz]

Cred ca este foarte geniala ideea.Dar va ramane la stadiul de prototip,pentru ca dincolo de toate orientul mijlociu si alte tari traiesc din PETROL sau TITZEI sau cum so mai numi el. Nu cred ca va fi un interes sa se recurga la astfel de schimbare , desi cred ca ar fi spre binele tuturor, mai ales a capitalei Romaniei - BUCURESTI. Poloarea este problema ...

[RadicalCentrist90]

I wonder where the electricity comes from. Oh! Coal Plants!!

[DrBones666]

Coal plants can be run cleaner than the thousands of cars they can charge and because there are fewer of them (than cars) they are easier to monitor.

[dieselhybrid]

The Google RechargeIT cars need to be diesel hybrids, here's why.

Honda next-generation clean diesel engine represented in Geneva will reduce emissions to the same level of a petrol engine and meets the stringent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier II/Bin 5 requirements.

Did you know that Honda has sold an Accord diesel in the UK for 4 years that gets over 50 mpg city, goes 0 to 60 in 9+ seconds, and has a top speed of 130 mph?

[kenvsryu555]

What about the need to replace the costly batteries at around 100,000 miles? I'm a mech eng that would love to work for google.

[rydot]

Good question! California-based Pacific Gas & Electric (one of the largest natural gas and electric utilities in the United States) recently announced plans to buy plug-in hybrid and electric car batteries once they've outlived their usefulness for transportation and install them in offices and at electrical substations:

Full article at blogs [dot] business2 [dot] com/greenwombat/2007/06/photo_­green_wom [dot] html

[orgullosamentelatina]

Wow! I love GOOGLE! You´re awesome! Together we can make a wonderful world!

[dahl111999]

I just had a 6 kw photovoltaic system put on my home I am now looking for A suitable electric vehicle

[yotengomuchosanos]

v2g sounds alot like p2p, very efficient

[splashy9]

Yes! That is what I was trying to find. An apt metaphor.

[CCGrocksU]

can sum1 explain this 4 me? i dont get it.

i mean its AMAZING how google is doing this.. and the innovation

but whats the point if they r not selling them?

love it though

[My2Cents88]

This is going to change the world. I have seriously considered buying a hybrid and with this technology I don't think I can wait any longer.

[RadicalCentrist90]

Guess where the electricity comes from! COAL PLANTS

[ricandrade]

But the polution per mile from the electric plant is less than the polution per mile from gasoline. And you can charge it with solar and wind power!

[ceriman]

Only 40% of Californias electricity is from coal plants, and the percentage is dropping as more wind/solar/hydro/geothermal comes on line.

Electric power plants, distribution and plug-in car are much more efficient than gasoline refining, distribution, and gas cars. Even with 100% coal fired electricity, plug-in cars cause less pollution and less CO2 than from any petroleum fueled alternatives.

[M4Baywatch]

'Only' 40%?! That is high above European average!

[theIFG2006]

they might be more efficient in terms of the refining and distrubiton process but no form of energy on earth is as efficient per how much energy it can produce as petroleum. nothing comes close

[johnj711]

Except maybe Nuke.

[grumpystiltskin]

Awesome! I'm against terrorists, and tired of buying gas from the guys who attacked the world trade center. Plus the gas station is unpleasent- they don't give me the time of day, make me stand in the cold playing with carcinogens. Rather plug in like my cellphone.

[tehbigman]

So where does all this electricity come from to power the cars?? O wait, we burn fossil fuels for electricity

[dahl111999]

I just had A6 Kw photovoltaic system put on my home that is where the electricity will have to come from

[jstack6]

I also have a grid tied solar system so I know my power is clean and doesn't use water. Renewable energy is the best.

Off peak power is also smart.

[APNM]

Thanks Google for doing what the auto industry should have done 30+ years ago. But remember: gas is obsolete technology. We don't need to burn any oil for cars... ie Who Killed The Electric Car movie. Even buying a hybrid does nothing but guarantee oil sales for years to come.

Make a stand and stop buying new cars that burn gas (ie ZEV Pledge com)

[asdfadsfdasfsf]

*cough carbon dioxide does not cause global warming *cough

[corydig]

Will never buy a Toyota!!!!!!!!

[synthaxx]

@Rockondon: do a search on YT for "lipo explode" to get an idea why lipo+car=bad .

If that happened to a full sized car powered by them, you'd be taking out a whole block.

That being said, i love the idea of car to grid. Gives you whole new opportunities to "borrow" some energy. Those pens at the office will only go so far ;)

[scamperwillow]

I am soooo happy to see Google taking this on! Go Google!

[shoulderhigh]

Shoulder High Productions is proud to have contributed to this video and would like to invite you to Shoulder High Productions on the web to learn more about CalCars and our work documenting the rise of Plug-in Hybrids. Yeah for RechargeIT!!

[Cp1der]

This is an 'Electric' Idea!!!

ReformAutos(dot)org

[rockondon]

wasnt this out in 1996?rav ev1 goes 300 miles on the

right batteries right?this is old technology ohhh

oil companies BUY POLOTICIANS GOODLUCK IT WONT HAPPEN

LOOK AT BUSH IN OFFICE AN OIL MAN????

[rockondon]

i think were being held back..why can i run my rc cars

20-30min or longer with nimah or lipo batteries but i cannot buy an electric car??its the same science

electronic speed control/motor and 6batteries..it easier than gas cars..ohhh bush is in office..hmmm?

[felixkramer]

You "electrify transportation"--merge auto-fueling and power generation. Recharge your car at night when power is cheap and plentiful; sell daytime rooftop solar power to the utility at a premium. And "rent" your parked battery to the utility, for everyday services and occasional peak power. On a few hot afternoons when they borrow energy just before you go home, they utility's bucks would pay your gas costs many times over.

[ludwigjun]

Oh yeah... how about storing the excess night energy in hydrogen... guess that is more feasible... and you can also power cars... in the short term... hydrogen storages should be more cheap... if you are not afraid of someone blasting them into the smithereens :))))

[ludwigjun]

Sorry Guys but i really didn't get this... how should i recharge my car at night when my car is charged with solar energy??? and if i use commercial energy from plants... why should i sell it back??? I hope companies charge less than I do...

Sure I like the idea... but I don't really understand it... how about some animations??? Please :)

[ricdes]

Every station is charged within the day. They have individual batteries. The only thing you will be doing at night is transferring the energy to your car.

[carlsp103]

Just type "V2G" into the status bar and start reading. The penny will drop eventually. Coal maintains the edge over renewables, because it stores as well as provides energy. Wind/Sun, they come and go. We need somewhere to put that energy... did somebody say "hey, why don't we keep it in our cars?" Go to the top of the class.

[JMt1508]

Wonderful ! Great ! Want a PHEV now !

[Cp1der]

GREEN & CLEAN NOW!!!

ReformAutos(dot)org

[ckaroli]

goood, it's time to save money,time and help our earth to be clean

[stevenberry54]

My next car Will be a hybrid. No doubt about it. This needs to get out there, fast!

[rcanton]

I *LOVE* this!!!