jalopnik.com - 1/2/2009
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Remember reports Toyota was working on a solar-powered Prius ? Maybe they weren't entirely wrong. According to The Nikkei , Toyota's secretly developing a vehicle powered solely by solar energy, some on the car and others not-so-much. According to Japanese newspaper The Nikkei , Toyota is ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/2/2009
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TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp . is secretly developing
a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar
energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported Thursday. The Nikkei newspaper, ...
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Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car - ...
google.com - 1/2/2009
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1 day ago TOKYO (AP) Toyota Motor Corp.
is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered
solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported Thursday. The ...
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Toyota Developing Solar-Powered Car? [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... market with a solar car. But to make it work with current solar efficiency, some of the car's energy comes from solar panels on the vehicle, but some of the energy also comes from solar panels on one's house. (Does that imply it'll plug in to the wall as well, sans solar?) According to the report, Toyota also hopes to release a real 100% solar car (not needing the house part) in the future. And we hope so, just to watch all those haughty Prius owners be usurped. [AP via Jalopnik]
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Toyota Is Making A Full Solar-Powered Car
High Tech Lounge —
... the energy and then this is supplemented by solar panels attached to the roof of the owner’s home. Presumably, the owner can then plug in at the end of the day to collect some of the solar juice collected over the course of the day. Looking further, Toyota wants to make a car that is completely reliant on its own solar panels. Is this the car of the future? Maybe. Then again, it could be the hydrogen-powered Honda FCX Clarity instead. Toyota Is Making A Full Solar-Powered Car Source: jalopnik.com
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