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Hacking Your Hybrid


This summer, when the inevitable power blackouts cripple California, it just might be a Toyota Prius coming to your rescue instead of a traditional gas-powered generator. Pacific Gas & Electric is showing off a new hack that allows you to plug a Prius into the wall socket and throw the juice in reverse to kick-start your home's appliances. But hold your environmentally-friendly horses: At the moment, this new Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology works only with prototype Priuses (eh...Priuii?) that have been rigged with an additional lithium-ion battery.

From Engadget and The Raw Feed

Tags: car, electric, hybrid, prius

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