The launch of the new Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid represents one further application of Hybrid Synergy Drive® and is Toyota's core technology platform for the future. Hybrid Synergy Drive® has been specifically designed to be modular and, adaptable to diverse energy sources, may be readily used in Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), Electric Vehicles (EV) and Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCV).

In the case of the PHEV, the full hybrid system architecture - and its long range capability - remains essentially the same, with a more powerful, externally charged battery significantly extending the all-electric driving range. When designed as an EV powertrain, it employs a simplified HSD architecture with no petrol engine, compensating through a more powerful electric motor and sufficient battery power to drive the vehicle for several hours before external recharging is required.

Toyota's PHEVs and EVs will assume a critical part in understanding a low-carbon society. Be that as it may, if numerous vehicles charge their batteries at the same time amid particular hours of the day, it will help society's crest power request. It is, subsequently, pivotal this charging time is ideally controlled.

The Smart Houses in every region are associated with a Toyota Smart Center; a nearby data focus which screens power organization and home power era, and every home's energy use. The Smart Center arrangements power utilization and capacity, and gives counsel where important to level force requests and guarantee that power is proficiently utilized all through the whole group.