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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 Nikkei newspaper, however, said it will be years ...
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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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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 ...
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Report: Toyota Possibly Developing Solar-Powered Car [Over The Back Fence]
Jalopnik —
... done without citing sources. The Nikkei newspaper, however, did say it will be years before the planned vehicle will be available on the market. Yeah, like for-never. Seriously, we might be able to see this as a concept car at some point, but does anyone really think it's cost-efficient or energy-efficient enough of a technology to see the light of day beyond any but the world's sunniest markets? Just sayin'... (Hat tip to James!) [The Nikkei via AP, The College Driver]
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Toyota Developing Solar-Powered Car? [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... 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 ...
Solar-powered Toyotas in the works
CrunchGear —
... Although it’s pretty certain that every major car manufacturer has “plans” to develop a solar-powered vehicle, Toyota appears to be actually putting out PR about it. According to the Nikkei, they’ve got plans for what is likely a Prius augmented by solar panels on it and elsewhere, and later for a solar-only vehicle as well. ...
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