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Photo Courtesy of Google
Google co-founders Sergey Brin, left, and Larry Page plug in a prototype electric car under a the solar-paneled carport at Google's Mountain View, Calif. headquarters in this undated photo. Google in September issued a $10 million request for proposals to develop and commercialize plug-in hybrid vehicles, with the goal of both purchasing vehicles for itself and fostering new technology to make them cheaper and more commonplace for all.