"We had to invent something completely original," says Satoshi Ogiso, executive chief engineer for Toyota's product-planning division. "We'd have to build it from scratch, blueprint and all." Easier planned than done. Ogiso's 10-person team ultimately swelled to thousands (five of them, including Ogiso, center, are pictured here). The biggest challenge was the battery — too small and it would lack power, too large and it would overheat. In 1995, the first prototype ran for 330 ft. (100 m) before going dead... Time: Heroes of the Environment
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Oct 19 2007, 05:09 PM) [snapback]527923[/snapback]</div> Actually I didn't post twice. The server hung when I hit submit, and I just let it sit. But when it returned two posts appeared. Ghost in the machine?
