Avista test-drives hybrid to understand future demands - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The Spokane-based utility recently rolled out a program to testtwo plug-inj electric hybrids that will run off sola r power. Tests of the “Avista Sun Car” shoulcd help the utility plan for a futurew that will include farmore plug-ib cars, and give employeesd and the public at large a better sensre of how plug-in cars and renewable energy might work “The way to accomplish this is to put thesw things in the hands of people and let them play with because it builds said Avista’s Dave Holmes, managerd of applied research and rolled out the program on Earth Day, Apri 22.
The move was well-timed: Less than a month later, Presidenft Barack Obama’s administration rolled out a plan for a new nationalk fuel economy andemissions standard, whic seems likely to speedr development and adoption of plug-in electricv hybrids.