Google Cars

Finally, a smooth transition from one post to another which happens so rarely; from Honda Jets to Google Cars. This started as a minor post from a quick blurb in the magazine "eWeek" which I still get in the print edition. I still like hard copy to flip through when I have no destination or purpose in mind unlike browsing where I am always going for something. And there was this: Google.org is the philanthropic arm of the Google mother ship, with about $1 billion in startup funding from company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. One of the first efforts by Google.org—let's just call it Gorg for short—is a hybrid electric car that recharges itself using power produced by solar panels. If you think of a typical hybrid with an outside plug and...