By Jamie Thompson, FireRescue1 Senior Editor

LAS VEGAS — As part of an ongoing push for clean energy, President Obama called earlier this year for one million electric cars to be on U.S. roads by 2015.

What was once thought of as futuristic technology is fast becoming a reality. With it, comes new challenges for responders.

The influx of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and the recent nationwide release of two electric vehicles (EVs) — and the implications for responders — came under the spotlight during a session at Fire-Rescue Med in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

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