TALKINGplug Tracks Energy Use For Peter Cheney’s Review of New Prius
The Globe & Mail’s Peter Cheney has been using Zerofootprint’s TALKINGplug to measure the electricity consumption of new electric cars on the market. In November, he took the new Hybrid Electric Prius for an energy-efficient test drive.
Peter Cheney, The Globe & Mail
November 17, 2010
“...But how much electricity was I using? Each night, I plugged the Prius in to an outlet equipped with a Talking Plug, a device that showed exactly how many electrons were getting pumped into the Prius. Created by a company called Zerofootprint, the Talking Plug not only measured the power flowing into the Prius, but presented a real-time illustration on the Internet – wherever I was, I could log on and see a screen that showed how much electric power my car was consuming. The cost would depend on power rates, and when I charged the car (night time was cheapest) but I could tell right away that I was saving a lot of money – I drove my wife to work every day for about 30 cents.”
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