GPS vs. gas: It's electric

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By Carl Ford

A friend of mine has recently left telecom to work at MIT’s Lincoln Labs on the smart grid. He like many of our friends is a graduate of that technical training school (as Harvard refers to MIT). He pointed out some interesting facts over the weekend when we talked, but clearly much of the work is still in the experimentation stage and not ready for prime time.

One article on the Lincoln Labs website that caught my eye was about the optimization of hybrid electric vehicle routes. It caught my eye because it brought a new element to the choice of the commuting path. For many of us, the commute puts us on highways that get clogged and congested and the optimization of the Interstate is lost during the commute to and from work.

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