Google is backing fuel-efficient, hybrid cars as part of a plan to make the entire firm carbon neutral by 2008.The company's philanthropic arm, Google.org, will give $1m in grants to encourage the adoption of hybrids.
It has pledged a further $10m to help commercialise plug-in hybrids and fully electric vehicles.
"We believe our support can stimulate public consumption," said Urs Hoelzle, Google's operations senior vice president.
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