NOVA | Car of the Future | A Plug-In Solution | PBS
Duration: 04:38
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Program: NOVA #3509
The 'Car Talk' brothers, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, visit the UC Davis lab of Andy Frank, inventor of the plug-in hybrid, to learn more about one of the possible ways we can transition our transportation system of off oil. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS.
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Post Date: April 22, 2008
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