On Thursday, Don Hillebrand, director of the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, will give a talk at the EDTA Conference about the path to commercialization for plug-in hybrids (PHEV). But why wait until then to hear what he's got to say? You can click here and hear him now (MP3 file, 4 MB). Hillebrand met with AutoblogGreen late on Tuesday at the conference and shared his insights on the rumor of GM's upcoming PHEV, the best combination of powertrains for fuel economy and performance, why it's bad that California is already writing standards for PHEVs, new ways to figure fuel economy for PHEVs and more. His coolest idea? A PHEV that knows where it is and where it is going and is able to conserve energy to run exclusively on the electric motor whenever possible.

After you listen, you can read more about Argonne National Laboratory after the jump and check out these earlier AutoblogGreen posts about the lab and Hillebrand:

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