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Frank 8 (0:39)
Topic(s): Electric & Hybrid
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The Pacific Northwest—Department of Energy lab in Pacific Northwest—just did a -- finished a study in which they discovered that there is enough excess electric energy in this—in the United States to power about 85 percent of the cars that we currently have in the fleet. In order to get to that level of penetration of plug-in hybrids, it'll be 50 to 60 years into the future. So, we've got plenty of time; in that period of time, we've got plenty of time to build alternative energy sources to power our cars and our homes.