Comments on: Google backs electric vehicles with $10M

By: A Few Birthday Candles « Sphere

A Few Birthday Candles « Sphere — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:21:18 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:36:06 +0000

Quick question … in your last bullet:

Plug-In Data Project: To demonstrate the potential of this new technology, Google has partnered with A123Systems/Hymotion to convert a small fleet of hybrid cars into plug-ins and published preliminary performance data at .

Is there supposed to be a link here? Thanks.

By: 1 Billion Birthday Candles « Sphere

1 Billion Birthday Candles « Sphere — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:50:48 +0000

By: andy

andy — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:02:13 +0000

Yeah they do subsidize hybrids for employees.

Microsoft does a lot of philanthropy as well. I would love for someone to do a Google vs Microsoft philanthropy comparison

By: 60 in 3

60 in 3 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:30:13 +0000

Very cool. It’s nice to see Google doing this. Does anyone know if Google also subsidizes hybrid purchases for their employees?

By: Google Offers $10M For Electric Vehicle Reasearch - Ministry of Tech - The Best of Tech

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:14:11 +0000

[...] for the research and development of better electric vehicles and ways to make it work. According to VentureBeat, They are “offering $10 million for ideas about how to fund development and adoption of [...]

By: Google and electric cars « Daily Rambling Thoughts

Google and electric cars « Daily Rambling Thoughts — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:37:06 +0000

[...] webloglet « iPhone Mania Google and electric cars June 19th, 2007 Google announced financial support for the adoption of hybrid vehicles that can be plugged in to an electric grid [...]