Toyota Unveils Smart Grid Tech
Published Monday, 11 October, 2010 by Blog Admin. Categories: News.
Toyota is testing smart-grid technology throughout Japan. These grids will connect to plug-in stations at home and to vehicles, where owners can recharge and get their cars mechanically checked out in the process.
The world's biggest automaker said the launch of this home smart grid system will coincide with its plug-in hybrid cars, hitting dealership lots in by 2012. It will be called the "Toyota Smart Center," and allows people to see on TV screens and mobile handsets how much electricity is being consumed by a household/plug-in vehicle, and how much electricity has been stored there.
It calculates…
The world's biggest automaker said the launch of this home smart grid system will coincide with its plug-in hybrid cars, hitting dealership lots in by 2012. It will be called the "Toyota Smart Center," and allows people to see on TV screens and mobile handsets how much electricity is being consumed by a household/plug-in vehicle, and how much electricity has been stored there.
It calculates…