TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 
By Toyota Motor Corporation
TMC Donates Power-Supply Units to Miyagi Prefecture
Toyota City, Japan, January 11, 2012-Toyota Motor Corporation
(TMC) today donated 17 external power-supply units to be
fitted onto "Prius" gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles used as
Miyagi Prefecture government vehicles. TMC Executive Vice
President Atsushi Niimi presented the units to Miyagi
Prefectural Governor Yoshihiro Murai at a special ceremony
held today to mark Miyagi Prefecture's first year of
reconstruction and the special role automobiles will play in
that reconstruction.
At the ceremony, Niimi said that he hopes the power-supply
units will be in some way helpful in times of emergency at
evacuation shelters and public facilities. Murai expressed
his hope that the units would help during emergencies to
ensure the usability of information and communications
networks and especially to enable the preparation of hot food
for disaster victims.
The external power-supply units draw electric power from the
Prius' onboard drive battery and have a maximum output of
1,500 watts, enabling them to simultaneously power most
household electrical appliances such as televisions,
computers, rice cookers and hair dryers, and also to recharge
mobile phones. Furthermore, when the vehicle's battery power
is depleted, the vehicle's engine automatically turns on to
recharge the battery. When starting with a full tank of
gasoline, an estimated two days of power supply is possible
even when continuously supplying power at maximum output.
The donated 17 units represents part of TMC's plan, announced
in July 2011, to provide external power-supply units free of
charge for a total of 40 vehicles in public use in the Tohoku
region. Based on the experiences of those in
disaster-stricken areas following the Great East Japan
Earthquake, TMC decided to donate the power-supply units to
Miyagi Prefecture to provide electricity during times of
emergency.
TMC intends to offer an external power-supply feature as a
factory-installed option for the Prius in 2012 and gradually
expand availability to the "Prius PHV" and other hybrid
vehicles.
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