The system delivers about 165 watts of power per hour to an added battery, which helps powers the electric motor, Johanson said.

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Johanson of Solar Electric Vehicles said he'd like to see Toyota bring the weight of a Prius down from 3, 000 pounds to 2, 000.

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With the news comes an announcement from GW2 game director, Colin Johanson, about the year ahead, as well as a video, below.

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Greg Johanson, president of Solar Electric Vehicles in Westlake Village, California, said his company makes a roof-mounted panel for a standard Prius that enables the car to travel up to 15 additional miles a day.

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And on a larger excursion with friends to central Africa, which ended at some beach cottages on an island off Zanzibar, among their companions was anthropologist Donald Johanson, known for his work on the human ancestor Lucy, who helped teach them about human evolution.

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