A Prius That Can Power Your House?

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That would be great a prius to be a power backup for a House especially since IRENE hit NY.Please Toyota send owners ifo how to use the Prius as a generator.

J.Messina of FL 9:32PM September 01, 2011

http://www.priups.com/riddle/answer-1.htm
http://home.hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/prius/priups.html
The technology is called Uninterruptible Power Supply. I have a toyota camry (not a prius) but I also find this technology really interesting. I found these articles when I was looking for a good current events topic on alternative energy. Best of luck to you.

Alexa Lee of NY 9:36PM January 14, 2010

Where may I get the technology to power my home with my PRIUS??
Who has done this and how can I get thyios TECHNOLOGY?

Joseph Napolitano of NY 8:31PM April 26, 2009

"Commie Liberal", "towel heads", "MR. Bush" Wow. If the green revolution can turn even a neanderthal Republican like Maestro of New York than maybe, just maybe this earth and our species has a chance afterall.

real liberal and proud of NY 11:08PM July 16, 2008

"Commie Liberal", "towel heads", "MR. Bush" Wow. If the green revolution can turn even a neandethal Republican like Maestro of New York than maybe, just maybe this earth and our species has a chance afterall.

real liberal and proud of NY 11:07PM July 16, 2008

I'm no commi liberal, but I would like to see the battery that runs in the Prius, in all cars...... If possible. I'm a Republican at heart, but see the Prius as our best line of defence agains the towel head "friends" we are in bed with.
Mr. Bush, make it an executive order. Force all new cars to run on the Prius Battery.

The Maestro of NY 1:01PM June 18, 2008

current price for lithium battery for phev is $10,000. WOW. Not currently economical even with $4 gas. Toyota isn't going to risk Prius repputation with either a $10G battery or an untested battery.

lovemyprius of NC 10:28PM June 14, 2008

I think thats its good that people have finally decided to take action on this problem...Toyota is very smart I think that they will be rich in the near future-richer than they already are that is.

Joe C. of MO 4:42PM June 14, 2008

GM has announced that an "extended range electric vehicle" - the Chevy Volt - will be available in 2010. It uses a lithium ion battery back and can run 40 miles on battery power alone. After that, a 1.0 litre gasoline turbo engine kicks on to recharge the battery and power the car. It can run 120 mph and has a range of 640 total miles per tank (12 gallons) which means it gets close to 100 miles per gallon, including the 40 from battery alone. Not bad. It is pricy, though, and will cost around $45,000. It's no golf cart...seats 4 or 5 and looks pretty good.

fanofchet of SC 4:43PM June 08, 2008