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Northwest utility companies vie to become hub for plug-in cars

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Length 03:38
Licensor Northwest News Network (N3)
Producer(s) Tom Banse
Formats Hard Feature, News reporting
Topics Environment, News
Produced Unspecified
Added to PRX July 17, 2007
 

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Engineers estimate it might cost as little as $0.75/gallon fuel a hybrid electric car with cheap Northwest hydropower.

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How would you like to fuel up for 75 cents per gallon? Engineers estimate it might even cost less than that to fuel a hybrid electric car with cheap Northwest hydropower. A coalition of utilities and local governments hopes the Northwest can become a development hub for such plug-in cars. Correspondent Tom Banse has more from Wenatchee Washington.

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