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Toyota Developing Solar Car: Report
gearlog.com - 1/2/2009
Toyota Developing Solar Car: Report
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Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a solar-powered vehicle as an alternative to its popular hybrid Prius and Camry models, the Associated Press is reporting. Toyota, which also builds luxury-themed Lexus cars, is developing the program in two stages. First, the automaker is working ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/2/2009
Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — 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, ... (more) Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car - ...

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google.com - 1/2/2009
The Associated Press: Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car
— google.com — 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 ... (more) The Associated Press: Report: Toyota developing solar ...
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Report: Toyota Possibly Developing Solar-Powered Car [Over The Back Fence]
jalopnik.com - 1/2/2009
Report: Toyota Possibly Developing Solar-Powered Car [Over The Back Fence]
— jalopnik.com — 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 ... (more) Report: Toyota Possibly Developing Solar-Powered Car ...

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DVICE Atom Feed — ... roof would supplement electric power drawn from solar panels on a house's roof as the car charges in the garage, adding up to a mostly-solar-powered vehicle. But for that all-solar car (will it be a Prius? Nah, it'll probably be more like the Toyota iQ) to become a reality, huge battery improvements and maybe even a couple of [insert miracle here] breakthroughs will be necessary. Years to get to market? Could be decades. Associated Press, via Gearlog

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