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When the idea of the electric car was proposed to minimize greenhouse gases and pollution, the two basic platforms were the hybrid platform and a pure electric platform. When it comes to the latter, the main issue is the low range of operation. While the breakthrough in battery technology is unlikely to happen, students, scientists, hobbyists and of course companies …

cromi7 asked: Plug-in Hybrid Car toyota prius. Fantastic! So when can we buy them [nms:hybrid car,5,1,500]

NYK of Japan is looking into building car carriers that have solar panels integrated in them to help with the ships propulsion. Toyota could end up shipping energy efficient Prius’s to the USA in car carriers that are themselves more fuel efficient. From the press release by NYK: As part of corporate efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from ocean-going vessels, …

Well the rumors have become news items so maybe there is truth to them now. Word had been getting around that Toyota was working on putting solar panels on the roof of the 2010 Prius that would be aimed at supplementing the power system (most likely the air conditioning system). Today the rumors hit the newsstands as media began reporting …