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" <truthseeker...@...> 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" <tdli...@...> > To : <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com>, <ggs...@...>, <cinque3...@...>, "'Chris de Morsella'" <cdemorse...@...> > > 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 >
