Plugin Hybrids

Today's Wall Street Journal has a great page one story on electric gasoline hybrids that plug in at night to your house power to recharge the batteries. 100 miles per gallon! 70 cents per gallon equivalent on electricity. 90% of power from your house electricity.

It is the last two numbers that gets me excited. Who wouldn't want to pay 70 cents per gallon? And who wouldn't want to rely on U.S. power rather than foreign oil for our transportation needs. Go Dr. Frank.... a quote from the article. I hope you have access to the Wall Street Journal to read more.

Dr. Frank estimates that if drivers regularly recharge their batteries at home, plug-ins may get well over 100 miles per gallon. By comparison, conventional hybrids must rely on gasoline-powered engines to recharge their batteries and get between 40 and 60 mpg.

While running on electricity, the plug-in's fuel cost drops to 70 cents a gallon, or lower, Dr. Frank estimates.