Right Lane Cruiser
03-24-2009, 07:51 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/European_Union_Flag.jpg This program is part of a global Toyota project that will also be deployed in Japan and the US by the end of 2009. (http://www.atzonline.com/index.php;do=show/site=a4e/sid=131364653549c8d60953be4713574929/alloc=1/id=9407)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/PHEV_Prius.jpgBettina Merkelbach - ATZ (http://www.atzonline.com) - Mar. 23, 2009
When can I get one?? --Ed.
The energy company EDF and Toyota announced to lease about one hundred units of a Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHVs) equipped with lithium-ion batteries to selected companies and partners in the Strasbourg (France) area starting from the end of 2009, for a duration of three years. This project has received financial support via the Research Fund managed by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency, following a call for projects on low-emitting vehicles.
The vehicles will use a charging system which is able to ensure safe charging, communication between the plug and the vehicle, identification of the vehicle and invoicing of energy. For this demonstration, EDF and its subsidiary Electricité de Strasbourg will participate in a technical and financial partnership with all stakeholders, which will set up several hundred charging points at users' homes, at the facilities of partners, in public parking lots and on public roads. A Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle uses Toyota's hybrid technology but with the added benefit that its battery can be recharged using a standard electrical plug. Toyota's PHV can be driven as an electric vehicle for short... http://www.atzonline.com/index.php;do=show/site=a4e/sid=131364653549c8d60953be4713574929/alloc=1/id=9407
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/PHEV_Prius.jpgBettina Merkelbach - ATZ (http://www.atzonline.com) - Mar. 23, 2009
When can I get one?? --Ed.
The energy company EDF and Toyota announced to lease about one hundred units of a Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHVs) equipped with lithium-ion batteries to selected companies and partners in the Strasbourg (France) area starting from the end of 2009, for a duration of three years. This project has received financial support via the Research Fund managed by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency, following a call for projects on low-emitting vehicles.
The vehicles will use a charging system which is able to ensure safe charging, communication between the plug and the vehicle, identification of the vehicle and invoicing of energy. For this demonstration, EDF and its subsidiary Electricité de Strasbourg will participate in a technical and financial partnership with all stakeholders, which will set up several hundred charging points at users' homes, at the facilities of partners, in public parking lots and on public roads. A Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle uses Toyota's hybrid technology but with the added benefit that its battery can be recharged using a standard electrical plug. Toyota's PHV can be driven as an electric vehicle for short... http://www.atzonline.com/index.php;do=show/site=a4e/sid=131364653549c8d60953be4713574929/alloc=1/id=9407