Either to bring itself up in this struggling financial world, Toyota is said to be planning, working on a solar powered car. I assume more like plugin electric car with Solar panel option! I can think of a flattened solar cell wrapped Prius.The Nikkei newspaper, which published the news about this futuristic car, however, said it will be years before the planned vehicle will be available on the market. No one has been able to contact Toyota regarding the news.
Toyota is already using solar power at its Tsutsumi plant in central Japan to generate part of the electricity used by the plant. This small solar power will reduces 740 tons a year of carbon dioxide emissions and is equal to using 1,500 barrels of crude oil.
Another push that Toyota might receive in solar energy and battery related technology will be coming along when its partner in developing and producing hybrid batteries, Panasonic Corp., takes over Japanese rival Sanyo Electric Co.
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