Featuring Jim Woolsey, Chelsea Sexton, Larry Brilliant and others, this video describes plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, vehicle to grid (V2G) as part of Google.org’s RechargeIT project.
Duration : 0:5:14
Tags: car, google.org, hybrid, plug-in
Featuring Jim Woolsey, Chelsea Sexton, Larry Brilliant and others, this video describes plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, vehicle to grid (V2G) as part of Google.org’s RechargeIT project.
Duration : 0:5:14
Tags: car, google.org, hybrid, plug-in
Do you people just …
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 !!!
I like this idea …
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.
Love the idea but …
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.
Nice Nice Video. I …
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Your Video was compled nice!
How do you safely …
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?
Not a big deal. In …
Not a big deal. In colder weather, we all have block-heaters which need to be plugged-in during the night
Yes! That is what I …
Yes! That is what I was trying to find. An apt metaphor.
Plugin EV is the …
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 !
Those people can …
Those people can buy a standard hybrid like the Ford Fusion or the Toyota Prius.
I hope for your …
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 …
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.
Well, I know about …
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!
You are the one …
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.
Boy these guys at …
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.
The battery …
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.
Ok! But why didn’t …
Ok! But why didn’t GM make a better car? So it could at least pass the safety test I mean..
Where can I buy one …
Where can I buy one ?
I think you been …
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.
Driving around 500 …
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.
You don’t know what …
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.
My question on …
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.
When I found out …
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.
Good things don’t …
Good things don’t come “easy”.
I would like to …
I would like to have Google make the conversion available, so I can retrofit it in a hybrid car.
Power plants are …
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?