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    LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: I read a very interesting article how an electrical engineer from Australia modded up his Prius into a new-age hot rod with new electric motor/gen, co... more »
    MushyHeirloom: Wait. That's a US Mail Prius. He uses a low-to-the-ground car with an automatic transmission to deliver mail? Even with a hypothetical foot of snow on... more »
    MajorOutage: ...wait, what? People are commending him for trying to his house off one of those inverters you plug into your cig lighter? And he thinks he's a freak... more »
    MushyHeirloom: This is the good kind of Prius owner. More smart, less smug. more »
    87CapriceEstate: I do not need a Prius since I have a wood-burning stove, a hand crank radio, a billy club should anyone think that the house is vacant, flashlights, a... more »
    Tuan Vo: Never knew you needed a hybrid to power up a wood burning stove... more »
    Jo Schmo: ...and in other news, Toyota is experiencing record end-of-year sales mostly attributed to outselling its entire prius inventory practically overnight... more »
    A strolling player: HA-HA! When the next big hurricane hits and I'm sitting in my apartment drinking cold beers in comfort, I'll be the one laughing then! Not that anyone... more »
    jduffy13: First graph and you gotta drop the smug blast? WTH? And the last graph too no less? Dude, jealousy is an ugly emotion! Mad props to the man from Harva... more »
    DoctorNine: What would be even more awesome, is giving nice big federal tax incentives to install a batterypack/generator (natural gas, propane, diesel, wind, sol... more »
    FredicvsMaximvs: Sounds pretty awesome. However, did he seriously run his refrigerator? Why not just put the food outside in the snow? more »
    Omaxem: The whole point of snow storms is for people to have nothing to do but get in bed and reproduce. Getting your Prius to power the TV thus defeating Mot... more »
    strider_mt2k: Nice! Now if they can just use that power to reach orbit... more »
    Elhigh: I read in Mother Earth News about a guy that did something similar, powering small 12v lights and a radio in his remote cabin from the batteries in hi... more »
    Novaload: That's re-volting! No, seriously. Genius. I'm sure Toyota is now contemplating a run at Honda generators. more »
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    Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm

    When an ice storm knocked out power to much of New England, one Toyota Prius owner reached for his inverter and powered some of his home with the happy little hybrid. Smug FTW? Yes.