Archive for July, 2008

The Future is coming, plug-in hybrids and electric car

Posted on July 23, 2008. Filed under: Prius, batteries, bill, car, energy, expantion, lithium-ion, low-power, power storage, transportation | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Finally what we have been waiting for is becoming a reality.

General Motors is currently in serious arrangements with around 30 electric power utilities in 37 states and with the Electric Power Research Institute to develop a charging infrastructure for electric cars and plug-in hybrids.
By creating this alliance and decide how the infrastructure is going to [...]

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Toyota will add solar roof to the next generation Prius

Posted on July 6, 2008. Filed under: car, energy, environment, photovoltaics, solar, transportation | Tags: , , , , , , |

Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on its next-generation Prius hybrid cars, becoming the first major automaker to use solar power for a vehicle, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.
The paper said Toyota would equip solar panels on the roof of the high-end version of the Prius when it redesigns the gasoline-electric [...]

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