Google.org RechargeIT: Plug-in Hybrids

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 !!!

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.

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?

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

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 !

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.

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.

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

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