Tracey, I've seen nothing to that effect anywhere in the news. In fact, I'm taking that as an attempt by Big Oil, Inc to knock this down before it sees the light of day. Wouldn't be the first time.
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] AP: Toyota Secretly Developing Solar Powered Green Car Date : Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:02:05 -0000 From : "tdemorsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I'm trying to make a career change into renewable energy and during my research, I read this afternoon that it is a mostly false claim. I think the care is partially solar --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote: > > Please, please, pleasepleasePLEASE... > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > Subject : [scifinoir2] AP: Toyota Secretly Developing Solar Powered Green Car > Date : Fri, 2 Jan 2009 02:06:55 -0800 > From : "Tracey de Morsella" > To : , , , "'Chris de Morsella'" > > 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, however, said it will be years before the planned > vehicle will be available on the market. Toyota's offices were closed > Thursday and officials were not immediately available for comment. > > According to The Nikkei, Toyota is working on an electric vehicle that will > get some of its power from solar cells equipped on the vehicle, and that can > be recharged with electricity generated from solar panels on the roofs of > homes. The automaker later hopes to develop a model totally powered by solar > cells on the vehicle, the newspaper said without citing sources. > > The solar car is part of efforts by Japan's top automaker to grow during > hard times, The Nikkei said. > > In December, Toyota stunned the nation by announcing it will slip into its > first operating loss in 70 years, as it gets battered by a global slump, > especially in the key U.S. market. The surging yen has also hurt the > earnings of Japanese automakers. > > Still, Toyota is a leader in green technology and executives have stressed > they won't cut back on environmental research despite its troubles. > > Toyota, the manufacturer of the Lexus luxury car and Camry sedan, has > already begun using solar panels at its Tsutsumi plant in central Japan to > produce some of its own electricity. > > The solar panels on the roofs add up in size to the equivalent of 60 tennis > courts and produce enough electricity to power 500 homes, according to > Toyota. That reduces 740 tons a year of carbon dioxide emissions and is > equal to using 1,500 barrels of crude oil. > > Toyota is also likely to indirectly gain expertise in solar energy when its > partner in developing and producing hybrid batteries, Panasonic Corp., takes > over Japanese rival Sanyo Electric Co., a leader in solar energy, early next > year. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/01/ap-toyota-secretly-develo_n_154654. > html > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
