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Here in the state of Wisconsin, we work with Clean Cities and the State Office of Energy
Independence here to secure some funding as well.
We use that electric motor in parallel with the diesel engine to help propel the vehicle.
Madison Gas and Electric, we serveāour fleet is about 225 vehicles. We pretty much serve
Madison, Middleton, Dane County. Our gas territory is considerably larger than our electric territory.
The hybrids for us have been fabulous for a number of reasons. If I can save costs on
fuel, I'm going to do that, and that's where hybrids in the gas and electric industry helps.
You can save over 50% of the fuel used that day by going to a plug-in hybrid technology.
This is showing the kind of worldwide demand of oil. You can see since 1990 there was a
pretty steady increase across the world in actual oil consumption. Once they get to the
job site, we actually go to all-electric mode, and at that point the engine turns off. You
lose that noise. All the accessories now are run off our battery packs and the electric
motor, and that will provide the power at the job site for the whole work day. You get
back, plug it in overnight, come back the next day with a fully charged battery pack,
and do it again.
The future in our business, in the gas and electric utility business, I believe will
be in hybrids.