California Utility Preps for Surge in Hybrid Electrics

More on our ongoing discussion of hybrid-electric infrastructure. Southern California Edison is spending $5 million to purchase hybrid-electric cars and research changes needed to make a seamless shift to powering the new vehicles, USA Today reports. Some of the challenges include storage and sudden tugs on the system. Researchers don’t seem worried. They say between the prep work they’re doing now and the time it will take for a shift to occur, the state should be alright.