I believe that this article considers electricity, gas and water as utility, but not utility computing. The business model might be a little different, but information and data processing are arguably utilities to me, in the form of Google Search, Facebook, Skype, Google Maps, GMail, etc. Soon, driving people around using self-driving cars will be an even more clear utility, and one in the very traditional sense.<p>Electric vehicle will be the utility of the 21st century, but not because of their power train, but because of the comfort of sleeping it off on your way back to home, being able to video-conference with your children on their way back from soccer practice (from anywhere), and never have to worry about parking.