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grid">electrical grid</a> by accelerating the adoption of <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicle" title="Plug-in electric vehicle">plug-in electric vehicles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RechargeIT01_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RechargeIT01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Google.org's official RechargeIT <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blog</a> has not been updated since 2008. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RechargeIT&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Google%27s_RechargeIT_charging_garage_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Google%27s_RechargeIT_charging_garage_2009.jpg/170px-Google%27s_RechargeIT_charging_garage_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Google%27s_RechargeIT_charging_garage_2009.jpg/255px-Google%27s_RechargeIT_charging_garage_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Google%27s_RechargeIT_charging_garage_2009.jpg/340px-Google%27s_RechargeIT_charging_garage_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1893" data-file-height="2840" /></a><figcaption>RechargeIT <a href="/wiki/Charging_station" title="Charging station">charging stations</a> available in the garage designated for converted plug-in hybrids at Google's Mountain View campus.</figcaption></figure> <p>The RechargeIT initiative was unveiled in June 2007. As part of the program Google.org awarded US$1 million in grants and announced plans for a US$10 million request for proposals to fund development, adoption and commercialization of <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid" title="Plug-in hybrid">plug-in hybrids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battery_electric_vehicle" title="Battery electric vehicle">fully electric cars</a> and related <a href="/wiki/Vehicle-to-grid" title="Vehicle-to-grid">vehicle-to-grid</a> (V2G) technology.<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate2007_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CalCars_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CalCars-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the program Google established a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Gas_and_Electric_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Gas and Electric Co.">Pacific Gas and Electric Co.</a> to develop software for energy management.<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate2007_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Together with the announcement of the initiative, Google also announced that it had switched on the <a href="/wiki/Solar_panel" title="Solar panel">solar panel</a> installation at its <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View, California</a> headquarters in order to help the company reduce its <a href="/wiki/Environmental_footprint" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental footprint">environmental footprint</a> and also to power its plug-ins with clean solar electricity. At 1.6 <a href="/wiki/Megawatts" class="mw-redirect" title="Megawatts">megawatts</a> the project became the largest solar installation at that time on any corporate campus in the U.S. and one of the largest on any corporate site in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate2007_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CalCars_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CalCars-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The actual rollout of the initiative took place in January 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Google's_carsharing_program"><span id="Google.27s_carsharing_program"></span>Google's carsharing program</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RechargeIT&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Google's carsharing program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By early 2010 Google's Mountain View campus had 100 available <a href="/wiki/Charging_station" title="Charging station">charging stations</a> for its share-use fleet of converted plug-in hybrids available to its employees through a free <a href="/wiki/Carsharing" title="Carsharing">carsharing</a> program and for those employees who drive to work in their <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Roadster (2008)">Tesla Roadster (2008)</a> <a href="/wiki/Electric_car" title="Electric car">electric cars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_SFO_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_SFO-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RechargeIT02_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RechargeIT02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Solar panels are used to generate the electricity, and this pilot program is being monitored on a daily basis and performance results are published on RechargeIT's website.<sup id="cite_ref-RechargeIT02_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RechargeIT02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Driving_experiment">Driving experiment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RechargeIT&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Driving experiment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the data collected for two years when the converted plug-ins were driven by Google employees, RechargeIT set up a controlled test using three conventional gasoline vehicles, two regular hybrids and two plug-in converted <a href="/wiki/Ford_Escape_Hybrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Escape Hybrid">Ford Escape Hybrid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Prius" title="Toyota Prius">Toyota Prius</a>. The results of the seven-week driving experiment for the converted Prius plug-in showed an average <a href="/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_automobiles" title="Fuel economy in automobiles">fuel economy</a> of 93.5 miles per US gallon (2.52 L/100 km; 112.3 mpg<sub>‑imp</sub>) across all trips, and 115.1 miles per US gallon (2.044 L/100 km; 138.2 mpg<sub>‑imp</sub>) for city trips, the maximum reached for any of the driving conditions tested.<sup id="cite_ref-RechargeIT01_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RechargeIT01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RechargeIT02_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RechargeIT02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A summary of the results of the seven-week driving experiment are the following </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#abcdef;"><b>RechargeIT Driving Experiment results<br />Average <a href="/wiki/Miles_per_gallon" class="mw-redirect" title="Miles per gallon">miles per gallon</a><sup id="cite_ref-RechargeIT02_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RechargeIT02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right; background:#abcdef;"></td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine" title="Internal combustion engine">Internal combustion engine</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Hybrid_electric_vehicle" title="Hybrid electric vehicle">Hybrid electric</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#abcdef;">Converted <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid" title="Plug-in hybrid">Plug-in hybrid</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="background:#abcdef;">Type of trip</td> <td style="background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Ford_Expedition" title="Ford Expedition">Ford Expedition</a></td> <td style="background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Sienna" title="Toyota Sienna">Toyota Sienna</a></td> <td style="background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Corolla" title="Toyota Corolla">Toyota Corolla</a></td> <td style="background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Ford_Escape_Hybrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Escape Hybrid">Ford Escape Hybrid</a></td> <td style="background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Prius" title="Toyota Prius">Toyota Prius</a></td> <td style="background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Ford_Escape_Hybrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Escape Hybrid">Ford Escape Hybrid</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid" title="Plug-in hybrid">plug-in</a></td> <td style="background:#abcdef;"><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Prius" title="Toyota Prius">Toyota Prius</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid" title="Plug-in hybrid">plug-in</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left">Average for all trips</td> <td>14.2</td> <td>20.3</td> <td>30.8</td> <td>32.2</td> <td>48.4</td> <td>49.1</td> <td>93.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left">Average for city trips</td> <td>11.8</td> <td>17.8</td> <td>26.6</td> <td>31.2</td> <td>47.3</td> <td>45.9</td> <td>115.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left">Average for combine city/highway</td> <td>14.9</td> <td>20.4</td> <td>31.4</td> <td>31.6</td> <td>46.4</td> <td>52.0</td> <td>101.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left">Average for highway trips</td> <td>18.6</td> <td>25.2</td> <td>39.0</td> <td>34.4</td> <td>53.1</td> <td>51.1</td> <td>68.7 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="GFleet_and_employee_shuttles">GFleet and employee shuttles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RechargeIT&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: GFleet and employee shuttles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Googleplex_Solar_panels.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Googleplex_Solar_panels.jpg/220px-Googleplex_Solar_panels.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Googleplex_Solar_panels.jpg/330px-Googleplex_Solar_panels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Googleplex_Solar_panels.jpg/440px-Googleplex_Solar_panels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Cleaning of solar panels used to power the car ports at Googleplex.</figcaption></figure> <p>In order to reduce the <a href="/wiki/Carbon_footprint" title="Carbon footprint">carbon footprint</a> of its employees' commute and based on the results of the RechargeIT pilot, the company expanded its corporate carsharing program to create Google GFleet and also introduced shuttle buses powered with <a href="/wiki/Biodiesel" title="Biodiesel">biodiesel</a>. In addition, more charging stations were deployed at the <a href="/wiki/Googleplex" title="Googleplex">Googleplex</a> for employees owning <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicle" title="Plug-in electric vehicle">plug-in electric vehicles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VGfleet_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VGfleet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CarbonFree_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CarbonFree-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The initial GFleet was made of the converted plug-in hybrids from the RechargeIT initiative, and by mid-2011 <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Leaf" title="Nissan Leaf">Nissan Leafs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt" title="Chevrolet Volt">Chevrolet Volts</a> were added, expanding the <a href="/wiki/Carsharing" title="Carsharing">carsharing</a> corporate fleet to more than 30 plug-in electric vehicles. In December 2011, the first production <a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_Electric" title="Ford Focus Electric">Ford Focus Electric</a> was delivered to Google and incorporated into the GFleet.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By early 2012, <a href="/wiki/Honda_Fit_EV" class="mw-redirect" title="Honda Fit EV">Honda Fit EVs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_i-MiEV" title="Mitsubishi i-MiEV">Mitsubishi i-MiEVs</a> have also been added to the GFleet.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FitEVGoogle_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FitEVGoogle-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Fit EV was incorporated as part of Honda's field testing program of its upcoming electric car. Through the partnership Google will analyze the vehicle environmental performance including CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, energy consumption and overall energy cost.<sup id="cite_ref-FitEVGoogle_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FitEVGoogle-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Employees who use the biodiesel shuttle system to commute to work at Mountain View, have the GFleet vehicles available for their errands, off-site meetings, and emergencies. Employees can also use GBikes, Google's on-campus bike fleet. As of June 2011, a total of 71 <a href="/wiki/Level_1,_2,_and_3_charging" class="mw-redirect" title="Level 1, 2, and 3 charging">Level 2 chargers</a> were added to the existing 150 Level 1 chargers, bringing the Googleplex total capacity to more than 200 chargers, and another 250 new ones are scheduled to be installed. Google's goal is to electrify 5 percent of the parking spaces—all over campus, free of charge to its employees.<sup id="cite_ref-VGfleet_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VGfleet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CarbonFree_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CarbonFree-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Green_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daily, up to a third of Bay Area employees take the shuttle to work. The corporate coach fleet exceeds the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a>'s 2010 bus emission standards. The buses run on 5% biodiesel and are fitted with filtration systems that eliminate many harmful emissions, including nitrogen oxide. Google is testing solar panels on some to power air circulation, so that shuttles can turn off their engines while they wait for passengers, thus reducing fuel use and emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-VGfleet_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VGfleet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CarbonFree_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CarbonFree-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of mid-2011, Google estimated that its Gfleet and biodiesel shuttle system resulted in net annual savings of more than 5,400 tonnes of CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub>, the equivalent of taking over 2,000 cars per day off the road, or avoiding 14 million vehicle miles every year.<sup id="cite_ref-VGfleet_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VGfleet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Green_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RechargeIT&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Better_Place_(company)" title="Better Place (company)">Better Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CalCars" title="CalCars">CalCars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_driverless_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Google driverless car">Google driverless car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_PowerMeter" title="Google PowerMeter">Google PowerMeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicles_in_California" title="Plug-in electric vehicles in California">Plug-in electric vehicles in California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicles_in_the_United_States" title="Plug-in electric vehicles in the United States">Plug-in electric vehicles in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_energy_independence" title="United States energy independence">United States energy independence</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RechargeIT&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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