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Khatir Soltani
Toyota 'plugs-in' to a new sustainable mobility evolution
As reported by Toyota Canada

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - A new era in sustainable mobility begins in Manitoba today, as Toyota Canada delivered a Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid (Prius PHV) to its provincial testing partners at a ceremony in Winnipeg. Toyota Canada and provincial partners Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines and the University of Manitoba were on hand to officially ‘plug-in’ to the future and deliver the Prius PHV to the province of Manitoba.

To mark the occasion, the Innovation, Energy and Mines Minister David Chomiak, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie, Manitoba Hydro’s Division Manager of Corporate Planning and Chair of their Electric Vehicle Task Forceplus, Ian Page, and Toyota Canada’s Managing Director, Stephen Beatty, were on hand for the delivery at the Manitoba Legislative Building today.

Stephen Beatty (right), Managing Director, Toyota Canada Inc., with (from left to right) Ian Page, Chair of Electric Vehicle Steering Committee for Manitoba Hydro, Bill Blaikie, Manitoba Minister of Conservation, David Chomiak, Manitoba Minister of Innovation, Energy and Mines, and Eric Bibeau, University of Manitoba Chair of the Alternative Energy Committee pose for a picture with the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid (PHV). (Photo: The Canadian Press Images/John Woods)


Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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