TOYOTA AND EDF GRAPPLE WITH DIFFERENCES IN EUROPEAN POWER SYSTEMS TO DEVELOP PLUG-IN CAR
June 1st, 2008
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE JAPANESE motor manufacturer Toyota is pushing ahead with a tie-up with the giant French energy firm EDF (Electricité de France) to develop plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV) in Europe. Tests have begun in France on vehicles equipped with Toyota's hybrid technology which combines a gasoline engine with an electric battery-driven motor that can be charged by plugging into the domestic electricity supply or at public charging stations. PHVs use electric power, giving significant reductions in CO2 emissions through reduced consumption of fossil fuels, ...
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