Ford And Microsoft Are Hohm-ies

The car above is the Ford Focus Electric. Ford and Microsoft say it will be the first of many vehicles to use Microsoft's new technology, Hohm.

The news release begins thus:

Imagine a future where your garage is smart enough to tell your car when the least expensive time is to charge your plug-in electric vehicle. Where, based on settings that you can adjust from a laptop or smartphone, you could optimize the energy efficiency of your home appliances, lights, air conditioning or heating and, maybe most importantly, your car.

If that's intriguing to you, you can read the entire news release here.

If it's slightly troubling, you can read what Bob Lutz said this morning here.