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Turn Your Prius Into a Pickup

Length 3:17
Created 10.01.11
Air Date 09.30.11

Maryland engineer and inventor Robert Bruninga is a solar-power enthusiast who also loves hybrid-electric cars. He has two used Toyota Priuses, with custom features you can’t currently find at a dealer. He tells energyNOW! correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan about his modifications, including rooftop solar panels, outlets to power his home during an outage and a bumper and tailgate made entirely of wood.

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