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Google's recently announced RechargeIT initiative aims to bring attention to plug-in hybrid technology and fund the research that may take it mainstream. Already, Google.org has given $1 million in grants to plug-in proponents like CalCars and research groups such as the Rocky Mountain Institute. Later this summer, Google.org will publish a formal request for proposals, in which some $10 million in grants will be up for grabs to fund plug-in-related research.
Google has also contracted Hymotion and A123Systems to make a small plug-in demonstration fleet out of four Toyota Prius sedans and two Ford Escape Hybrid SUVs. Internet surfers can monitor the real-world fuel economy performance of the cars at RechargeIT.org.
Some of the juice to power the fleet will come from the recently switched-on solar panel installation over the company's
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