jalopnik.com - 12/26/2008
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When an ice storm knocked out power to much of New England, one Toyota Prius owner reached for his inverter and powered some of his home with the happy little hybrid. Smug FTW? Yes. John Sweeney, of Harvard, Massachusetts, was among the many residents of Eastern Mass without power after a big ...
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sanantonio.bizjournals.com - 12/26/2008
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The power lines were down, the neighborhood dark,
but John Sweeney s house was glowing with lights...
and his wife was watching television. During an ice storm last week Sweeney, of Harvard, Mass., powered his house by hooking it up to his Toyota Prius. ...
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Chad sends this on how John Sweeney survived the recent bad patch of weather in the Northeast by using his hybrid car to power many devices in his house.
During an ice storm last week Sweeney, of Harvard, Mass., powered his house by hooking it up to his Toyota Prius. The Prius, a hybrid vehicle, starts the gasoline-burning mode of its engine every 30 minutes to recharge the battery with an internal generator. In turn, Sweeney ran his refrigerator and freezer, wood stove fan, lights and television off the ...
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