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$30 million for plug-in hybrids? You've got to be kidding
Posted on June 14, 2008
So, the U.S. Department of Energy is committing $30 million to General Motors, Ford and General Electric to help them make plug-in hybrid vehicles commercially viable by 2016. Ooh. Ahh. Humbug.Are they serious? Just $30 million toward a technology that's supposed to be a key pillar in America's fight against climate change, and its quest to wean itself from foreign oil? Google, an Internet search company, is spending more than this. And 2016? It's an odd target, given that GM and some of its competitors plan to have plug-in electrics on the road by 2010. Perhaps the key word is viable. I do...
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