As reported by Toyota
TORONTO - A new era in sustainable mobility begins in Ontario, as Toyota Canada delivered a Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid (Prius PHV) to its provincial testing partners at a ceremony today. Toyota Canada and provincial partners the Province of Ontario (Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Transportation), Ontario Power Generation, the City of Toronto and the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence were all on hand to officially 'plug-in' to the future.
To mark the occasion, Rick Jennings, Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Supply, Transmission and Distribution Policy, Cara Clairman, Vice President of Sustainable Development, Ontario Power Generation, Joe Pantalone, Deputy Mayor, City of Toronto, Dr. Peter Frise, Scientific Director and CEO, AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence and Toyota Canada's President Yoichi Tomihara were on hand for the delivery at Toyota Canada's head office in Scarborough today.
"The McGuinty government is pleased to be a partner in this pilot project, which will help provide us with data needed to build province-wide charging infrastructure for electric vehicles - a core element of our Smart Grid vision," said Brad Duguid, Minister of Energy. "The Smart Grid will not only play an important role in achieving our goal of having one electric car for every 20 vehicles on the road by 2020, it will also make it easier to bring smaller renewable energy projects on-line under our Green Energy Act."
"As Ontario's largest electricity generator, OPG would supply most of the electrons for plug-in electric vehicles like the Prius PHV," said Tom Mitchell, President and CEO of Ontario Power Generation. "Optimally, cars would recharge at night when demand and price are low and there's a surplus of nuclear, wind and hydroelectric power - sources that are virtually free of emissions that cause climate change and smog."
"Participating in a program like this supports the City of Toronto's Green Fleet Plan and Sustainable Energy Plan actions, to pilot test promising vehicle technologies including electric vehicles like the PHV and incorporate them into the City's fleet." Gerry Pietschmann, Director of Fleet Services, City of Toronto.
TORONTO - A new era in sustainable mobility begins in Ontario, as Toyota Canada delivered a Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid (Prius PHV) to its provincial testing partners at a ceremony today. Toyota Canada and provincial partners the Province of Ontario (Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Transportation), Ontario Power Generation, the City of Toronto and the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence were all on hand to officially 'plug-in' to the future.
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To mark the occasion, Rick Jennings, Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Supply, Transmission and Distribution Policy, Cara Clairman, Vice President of Sustainable Development, Ontario Power Generation, Joe Pantalone, Deputy Mayor, City of Toronto, Dr. Peter Frise, Scientific Director and CEO, AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence and Toyota Canada's President Yoichi Tomihara were on hand for the delivery at Toyota Canada's head office in Scarborough today.
"The McGuinty government is pleased to be a partner in this pilot project, which will help provide us with data needed to build province-wide charging infrastructure for electric vehicles - a core element of our Smart Grid vision," said Brad Duguid, Minister of Energy. "The Smart Grid will not only play an important role in achieving our goal of having one electric car for every 20 vehicles on the road by 2020, it will also make it easier to bring smaller renewable energy projects on-line under our Green Energy Act."
"As Ontario's largest electricity generator, OPG would supply most of the electrons for plug-in electric vehicles like the Prius PHV," said Tom Mitchell, President and CEO of Ontario Power Generation. "Optimally, cars would recharge at night when demand and price are low and there's a surplus of nuclear, wind and hydroelectric power - sources that are virtually free of emissions that cause climate change and smog."
"Participating in a program like this supports the City of Toronto's Green Fleet Plan and Sustainable Energy Plan actions, to pilot test promising vehicle technologies including electric vehicles like the PHV and incorporate them into the City's fleet." Gerry Pietschmann, Director of Fleet Services, City of Toronto.
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| Photo: Toyota |