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On "Tomorrow's World Today,"
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we explore the cutting edge
advances that are
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shaping four
different worlds.
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The world of inspiration,
where the wonders of
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the natural world amaze
and inspire us.
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The world of creation,
where ideas come to life
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from traditional arts.
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The world of innovation,
where ideas and inventions
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move us all forward.
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The world of production,
where innovations are
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mass produced to
improve our lives.
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From Inventionland
World Headquarters,
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here's your host,
George Davison.
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Did you know that almost
200 years ago,
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the car of the future
was already here?
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And it was electric?
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Welcome to
"Tomorrow's World Today."
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It started in the 1830s
when Scottish inventor
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Robert Anderson built the first
crude electric carriage.
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Then, in the 1890s,
William Morrison innovated it
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and brought it to America,
creating the world's
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first six-passenger wagon.
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And it hit a staggering
14 miles an hour.
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At the dawn of the 1900s,
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electric cars were
the king of the road.
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They dominated the streets of
New York and London.
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For decades, the electric car
was the gold standard,
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not the car with the dangerous
hand crank to start it.
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But then in 1912,
Charles Kettering,
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he changed everything.
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He invented the electric
self-starter
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for gasoline engines.
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And suddenly, the gas car
started easily.
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And the electric car got
put on the shelf.
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Well, it took nearly 100 years,
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but then in the 1990s,
the automobile industry
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showed the world that the
electric car never truly died.
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It was just waiting for
the world to catch up.
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Today, the electric vehicle is
at the forefront of innovation,
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and we're reimagining
electricity and power.
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We're moving toward a future
where your car doesn't just
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take power, it can also put
power back into your home
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when your lights go out.
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So I'm going to send Greg to
explore the world of innovation
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to discover the latest
developments shaping our world.
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[Greg] As we move into an
increasingly electrified world,
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some of the concerns that people
have over the electrical grid,
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which distributes that power,
become more and more pressing.
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Well, the folks at Toyota may
have a solution
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to a piece of that puzzle.
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I'm in Plano, Texas at Toyota HQ
to talk to the experts about
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how a new breed of EVs
and bi-directional charging can
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help to make sure that we have
the power that we need today
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and in tomorrow's world.
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Right now, let's check in with
Norman Lu to find out a little
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bit about the history of
EVs and more.
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So Norman,
this is a beautiful spot.
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I'm really glad we could have
this conversation out here.
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Same here.
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So Norman, how long have
you been with Toyota?
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-This is my 21st year.
-Wow!
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So you've kind of been there
and seen the development of EVs
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over that time?
-I have.
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All the way from our
very first RAV4 EV.
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All the way to our latest EV,
the Highlander, which I think
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gets over 300 miles on
a single charge.
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Well, now there are lots of
different kinds of EVs.
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You have the plug-in hybrid,
you have straight battery EVs.
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Tell me about the differences
and how they might work
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for an individual?
-Absolutely.
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At Toyota, we call that
our multi-pathway approach,
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meaning we recognize every
customer is unique,
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and there's not a single
solution that fits
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every customer's needs.
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So we electrify in a wide range
to be able to give customers
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the benefits of an EV
experience, but in a powertrain
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that meets their needs.
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So that starts with a gasoline
hybrid which adds a battery
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and a motor to really give
a lot of efficiency benefits to
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a normal gas motor to a plug-in
hybrid which has the same
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benefits of go-anywhere range
as a gas hybrid but when
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you charge the vehicle, that
battery will allow you to drive
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in a full electric mode for 30
to 50 miles all the way to
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a full battery EV which is
quiet, smooth, powerful,
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and you can get now
over 300 miles
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to a single charge.
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That's amazing, and all of
the different size options that
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are available as well,
so you can really find
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a vehicle that works for you.
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Most of our product lines now
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whether it's a hybrid plug-in
or a full battery electric.
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That leads me to my next
question, which is,
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everybody talks about the grid,
the stress on the grid by all
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of the electrification of
the world, basically,
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that's happening right now,
and EVs are a part of that.
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How are EVs going to actually
help mitigate those problems
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rather than add to them?
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Great question because I think
we've all seen some of
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the concerns about the grid
and its ability to provide
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power as more things
get electrified.
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One of the first ways that
an EV actually helps to support
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the grid is in when we charge.
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EV actually draws quite a bit
of power when you're charging,
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but we can shift when the car
charges based on the demand
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on the grid so that as long
as we're charging,
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when the demand
on the grid is low
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we're not straining
the grid anymore.
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Moving that into the next step,
which is bi-direction power.
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That means in addition to
charging your EV from the grid,
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we can now take the energy from
an EV battery and send it back.
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When there's a power outage,
an EV can power your entire
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home just like a generator,
and you can further push
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the power back to the grid
and fix the supply and demand
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imbalances on the grid.
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That makes the entire grid more
resilient and also reduces
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energy costs for everyone.
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Wow, so this is a way that
you can actually work with
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your utility company to take
stress off of the grid
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rather than add to it.
-That's right.
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Norman, thank you very much.
This has been great.
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I'm going to head over now
and talk to Cody about
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the latest in
electric vehicles.
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[Greg]
We learned from Norman
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about the history
and current state of EVs.
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Now let's talk to Cody Emmert,
vehicle marketing
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and communications
and senior planner
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about electric vehicle
misconceptions.
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Hey, Cody.
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-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, too.
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So, Cody, just talking to
Norman about the history of EVs
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and once again,
was shocked to find out
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exactly how long EVs have
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They've been around for
a long time.
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But there are still a lot of
misconceptions
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around these vehicles.
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One of the things that
Americans love most is driving
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because it's fun.
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How fun are these things to
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These are incredibly fun
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They're almost what I would
call like a sleeper vehicle in
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the sense that they look very
traditional, very normal,
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but electric motors have
the ability to produce a lot of
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torque at very low RPMs
and over a wide range of speed.
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you don't have the need for
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a traditional transmission with
multiple gears to shift
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through, and when you have that
instantaneous power delivery,
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they are incredibly zippy.
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Not only that,
they're incredibly smooth
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and quiet, so it's a very
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Well, now, you work in
marketing, I guess that's one of
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the misconceptions that
you have to kind of get folks
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over is that these things are
actually a really good
time to drive.
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What are some of the other
things that you feel folks
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misunderstand about
electric vehicles?
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There's a lot
of misconceptions.
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marketing,
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we have to overcome
a lot of that.
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People, when they think of EVs,
they think of a vehicle in
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which they're making
compromises or sacrifices
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because early-to-market EVs
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come to mind for a lot
of people.
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And those early-to-market EVs
were really limited to like
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100 miles of range, and we had
a very somewhat infantile
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charging infrastructure as far
as public charging goes.
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And people think of that,
it's going to be hard to charge,
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I'm not going to be
able to drive it very far.
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But these EVs,
they've really evolved.
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We have larger batteries,
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we have more
efficient batteries,
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we have more
capable motors.
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equates to the same capability
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as an internal combustion
engine vehicle.
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It's just a matter of adopting
that charging mindset
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and knowing where and when
you will typically be charging.
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It's at home for most people,
and that equates to having
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the capability to start every
morning with what is
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essentially a full tank.
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One of the other things that
I guess folks think about
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when they compare an EV to
an internal combustion engine
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vehicle is the price.
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There used to be a fairly big
price difference between
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the two, but that really has
leveled out over the years.
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It's essentially completely
leveled out.
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So if you were to look at an EV
in a particular segment
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and look at the other models
that are in that segment that
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are maybe internal combustion
only or hybrid,
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and the price points are right
next to one another.
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Now, one of the things that
Norman and I touched on is
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the multi-pathway strategy
that Toyota has.
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And that's really based around
the idea of making sure that
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the right EV goes with
the right individual.
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-Tell me more about that.
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At Toyota, we want to give
our guests what they want,
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what they're shopping for,
and what fits their lifestyle.
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EVs fit a lot of people.
But you know what?
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There's going to be a lot of
people that are going to
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continue to want to drive
an internal combustion engine.
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And that's going to make sense
for a lot of people as well.
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So we will continue to evolve
our lineup as
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our customers dictate,
essentially, and ensure that
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we're offering something
for everybody.
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And right here,
we have our latest offering.
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This is the newest
Highlander, the 2027.
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It's 100% electric, and will go
on sale a little later
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this year.
-So can we get a look inside?
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-Yeah, let's check it out.
-All right.
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So what are
your first thoughts?
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Wow, well, Cody,
this really just feels
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like a slightly
futuristic version
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of a really nice luxury car.
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[Cody]
That's absolutely right.
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I mean, when people think about
EVs, sometimes they have
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another one of
those misconceptions
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like we're talking about.
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There's going to be something
vastly different on the inside,
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but it really isn't.
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You know, it just feels like
a well-appointed vehicle.
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Right, and there's really
nothing going on here
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technology-wise that
you wouldn't find
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in a higher-end internal
combustion vehicle.
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That's right.
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It should feel very familiar
for most people that have
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driven any vehicle from
the last few years.
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You know, you have
your technologies like a large
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touchscreen, your navigation,
and in the case of
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the Highlander, we have certain
things, like this is actually
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a wireless charging station,
so you can just simply set
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your devices down here
and they charge.
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There will be some unique cues
that it's an EV,
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some different styling cues,
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just like we have
on the exterior of the vehicle,
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but overall feel very familiar.
-It's so comfortable.
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So, you know, a long trip,
a short trip, just running
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around town, it really would be
fun to drive around in this
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vehicle because it just really
feels great.
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And I mean, just going back to
the point that we made earlier,
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they're quite peppy.
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They're zippy,
incredibly smooth.
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that's appointed like this,
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it is like a sanctuary on
the inside because the ride is
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going to be so smooth.
It's going to be so quiet.
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Wow.
Well, Cody, thank
you very much.
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I want to go find out
more about charging
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and how that works in with
a family's lifestyle.
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And I'm going to go talk to
Maddy about that.
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That sounds great.
We'll see you later.
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[Greg]
Now that we've dispelled some
myths around electric vehicles,
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let's check in with
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Maddy Strutner.
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We will learn more about
Charge Assist
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and bi-directional charging.
-Hi, Maddy.
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-Hi, Greg.
-Nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you.
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So, Maddy, one of the things
that I'm finding in talking
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with your cohorts is that
charging seems to be a thing
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that people are really
concerned about when it comes
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to electric vehicles.
They really don't need to be.
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We've actually gotten to
a point where they might be
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able to work with their utility
company in charging
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their vehicle at the most
efficient times and the most
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inexpensive times for them.
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But explain to me
how this system works
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with the utility company
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and an individual or a family
and their home?
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Yeah, so the goal
of Charge Assist is to make
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charging for customers simple
and cost-effective while also
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helping the utilities.
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So what customers can do
is they can sign up for
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Charge Assist through
the Toyota app,
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and then when they come home,
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they're able to plug in their
vehicle and the Charge Assist
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is able to charge
their vehicle based on
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a schedule that's best suited
for the customer based on when
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it's cheapest for them and also
when it's best for the utility
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to not put excess strain on
the electricity grid.
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Well, that sounds great.
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It also sounds as though
you have to kind of be
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on a regular schedule.
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What happens if you need to
deviate from that?
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Yeah, so the Charge Assist
software is able to look at
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your previous driving behavior
and then build
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a customizable schedule for each
individual driver.
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these schedules or if they need
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to charge differently,
they can charge however
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they want and override
the schedule.
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And then jump right back into
the app and go into the regular
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schedule again just like that?
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Well, let's talk a little bit
about this vehicle.
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Now, this is
a Japanese-spec vehicle.
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Why Japanese specifications?
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Yeah, so we were talking about
managed charging
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and Charge Assist, and that's
all about how a vehicle charges
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from the electricity grid.
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We have this Japanese-spec
vehicle that we've been able to
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utilize for vehicle-to-grid.
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So not only are we charging
from the electricity grid,
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but we're able to send
electricity from the vehicle
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back to the power grid when
there's strain on the grid.
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So this is
bi-directional charging?
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-Yes, absolutely.
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-Well, can we take a spin?
-Yeah, let's do it.
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[Greg] The next 10 years
will be crucial
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to the health of our
electric grid.
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Lets check in with
Apoorv Bhargava,
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CEO and co-founder of WeaveGrid.
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And see how Toyota and WeaveGrid
aspire to be a part of that.
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-Hey, Apoorv.
-Hey, Greg.
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-How are you?
-I'm great.
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-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, too.
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Well, I just spent some time
with Maddy and actually got to
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take a spin in the Japanese
specification vehicle,
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which is, I guess, ultimately
how bi-directional charging
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will be introduced
into the United States.
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But a lot of folks are
concerned about the health of
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the grid and what a new influx
of EVs will mean for that.
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So tell me a little bit more
about that?
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Yeah, so the electric grid is
one of the most incredible
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innovations of
the last century.
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And yet, at the same time,
it's under a lot of pressure
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and change right now.
More than ever before.
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We've got an influx of electric
cars, 280 million vehicles
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in the United States.
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It's a lot of cars.
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At the same time as you've also
got increasing amounts of
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AI data centers and onshoring
and manufacturing
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and also more and more variable
renewable energy.
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So there's a real need right
now to help orchestrate all
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of these changes, this imbalance
that's happening increasingly
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between demand and supply.
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And we're all feeling it,
because we're all starting to
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see higher and higher electric
bills, because all of this
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growth that's coming online is
really starting to lead to
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pressure and a need to build
out more and more
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of our infrastructure.
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And that's where the magic of
managing charging
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and bi-directional energy
comes in.
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Because if you can now use your
car as a way to actually add to
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the grid to provide more supply
or be able to actually balance
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those imbalances that we're
seeing on a day-to-day basis,
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you can not just defer the need
for building out more of
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the grid, you can actually suck
up all that extra solar energy
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in the middle of the day
or that extra wind energy in
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the middle of the night.
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Where do you see this
technology moving ahead,
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say, for the next 10 years?
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Yeah, I think the next
10 years are going to be
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transformational for the grid.
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We're seeing unprecedented
growth at the same time as
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unprecedented changes in
the supply of how energy is
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produced and delivered.
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And so as more and more people
start driving plug-in hybrid
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vehicles and battery electric
vehicles, their ability to
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participate in the grid of
tomorrow and be able to both
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save money on their electric
bills, but also be able to
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actually help really kind of
bring down the cost for
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their community and their state
is going to be unparalleled.
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And that's what excites me
about grid technologies
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going forward.
-That's excellent.
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And I know that Toyota
and WeaveGrid are aiming to be
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a big part of that.
Thank you, Apoorv.
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Thank you, Greg.
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[George]
I'm meeting with Norman Lu,
senior program manager at
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Toyota, to talk about
the future of EVs.
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Hi, Norman.
Welcome to Inventionland.
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-Thanks for having me, George.
-You bet.
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It's great to have you here
because I'm a fan of this
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technology that keeps coming
out of Toyota.
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I like to take things all
the way back to the founder
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sometimes, and I've studied
who he was.
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You know, his whole innovative
spirit, moving from a loom to
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an automated loom
and then scaling
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so the clothing could be made
more efficiently.
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-That was big back then.
-Yes.
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And then a jump
into automobiles,
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and here we are today.
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This arc of innovation just
keeps moving.
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And so I'd like to know,
you know, what's really going
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to happen next over here
at Toyota?
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Absolutely.
Innovation is in the DNA.
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It's in our company culture.
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And specifically for
electrified vehicles,
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ever since our first hybrid
vehicle 25 years ago,
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we've continuously improved
and innovated on that
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for plug-in hybrids,
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and now our latest
full battery electric vehicle,
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the new 2027 Highlander.
-It's good looking.
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But I want to know more about
it, because these are prototype
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photos, aren't they?
-They are.
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So let's hear the latest.
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I want to hear all the good
stuff that's coming out.
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Well, it is a three-row family
SUV, and with a full charge,
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you can drive over 300 miles.
-Nice.
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So very practical.
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It is also using batteries
that are assembled at our
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new North Carolina facility.
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And the entire vehicle
is assembled
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in our Kentucky
Georgetown facility.
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And this is also the first
Toyota EV to have
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bi-direction power capability.
-Bi-direction?
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OK, so let's --
this is new tech.
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Let's talk a little bit
about that.
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What's happening with
bi-directional?
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You have this huge battery
in your EV.
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Now that you can use it to
power other things,
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such as tools,
tailgate parties...
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-[George] Ooh, I like that idea.
-...campsites, and even power
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your entire home when
there's a power outage.
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[George] Yeah, we have
that challenge too.
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Our power grid around here,
we have some failure
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from time to time.
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We have one of those big
generators outside of our home.
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And here at Inventionland,
we have a couple big ones here
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too, but they don't always
fire up.
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And so we have some
delays there.
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So you're telling me that this
vehicle could feed energy back
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into my home or potentially
back into the office?
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[Norman] Just like a gas
generator does today.
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It will back feed and power up
an entire home, but do so
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completely silently and without
emission, so you don't have to
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worry about the safety aspects
of carbon monoxide.
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Great, so I don't have that
problem anymore?
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No.
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All right, so we're at
Tomorrow's World Today.
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So I've got to ask you to take
me to the future for a minute.
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What are we gonna see in
the future from Toyota?
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We're really excited,
and this bi-direction capability
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to power your own
personal stuff is just
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the first step.
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In the very near future,
we will be integrating these
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electric vehicles back into
the entire grid and be able to
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send power back to the grid
when it needs it.
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You mentioned power outages.
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Our electric grid is aging
and strained due to
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the ever-increasing demand
on electricity use.
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EVs can store power and send
that back to the grid when
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people are needing it the most.
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And when you think about
thousands of EVs all
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synchronized and doing that at
the same time, it will help
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balance the grid, reduce power
outages overall,
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and lower the cost of
energy for everyone.
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Wow, that's big,
especially now with AI pulling
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in so much power.
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And we're solving big
problems there.
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-So that's great to hear.
-Thank you very much.
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Well, everybody,
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that's another edition of
"Tomorrow's World Today."
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And we'll see you in
the next episode.
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So Norman, we have some great
tech going on in the lab.
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-You want to check
some of it out?
-Can't wait.
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Yeah, we're working on some of
this new engineering.
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And remember, Tomorrow's World
is where inspiration
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and creation drive
innovation and production.
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See you next time.