Toyota developing solar-powered charging station for plug-in vehicles
By Andrew C., 26 Aug, 2010. 0 Comments
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Toyota Industries Corp. is developing a new solar-powered charging station for plug-in vehicles. In Toyota City, the local government will be installing 21 new stations at 11 different locations. Due to solar power's limitations related to day and weather conditions, each of the bays gets an 8.2 kWh storage battery and is also connected to the grid. With local 200 V grid power available, the charging output is 3.2 kW. When the station runs on solar alone, the output drops to 1.5 kW at 100 V. The station is also capable of returning energy to the grid when the batteries are full and no vehicles are being charged. Toyota has not given a statement on whether it has plans to make the solar charging system commercially available.
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