Power point supplies hybrid's charge

Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
BRUCE MOUNSTER
July 23, 2008 12:00am

AN ethanol-electric car that can plug into an ordinary power point for a recharge is being built in Sandy Bay.

The University of Tasmania's Engineering Department hopes to complete the $18,000 two-seat prototype, using a Toyota Corolla body, as soon as this year. The car follows a plug-in hybrid motor scooter the department developed last year.

Engineering professor Vishy Karri said the car was as advanced as any in the world -- and he wanted to see it manufactured locally.

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