Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Austin Alt Car Expo
The last in our series of reports from the discussion panels from last week's Austin Alt Car expo focuses on the panel that had the broadest possible appeal: an overview of plug-in hybrids. Taking place on the Saturday, and therefore more accessible to the working public, the free-form panel featured Ron Johnston-Rodriguez of PluginCenter.com and the Port of Chelan County in Washington State, and Chelsea Sexton of Plug-In America. Austan Librach, who works for Austin Energy and Plug-in Partners (well, he used to work for PiP), moderated.
"Assuming normal economics, we're looking at a real bright future for PHEVs."
Johnston-Rodriguez started by giving a brief overview of plug-in hybrids, but all three of the panelists commented on Johnston-Rodriguez's slides. The starting point was encapsulated by Librach's statement that, "Assuming normal economics, we're looking at a real bright future (for PHEVs)." That might be a big assumption, but it's what a lot of people are counting on. Follow us after the jump to see what this future might look like. Continue reading Austin Alt Car: panel looks at the future of plug-in hybrids
Austin Alt Car: panel looks at the future of plug-in hybrids originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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