The Texas power grid is in good shape to handle the first generation of plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, but it will take more work to encourage consumers to buy them, industry and government panelists said in Houston Thursday.
The vision of the coalition that met at Minute Maid Park, Plug-In Texas, is for a majority of the state's cars and light trucks to run on both gasoline and electricity. The lower-emission vehicles would plug in to electric outlets and recharge overnight, when power demand typically is lowest.
