Toyota to launch home-based electric car chargers in 2012

Charging your electric car at home could be a lot easier in the near future, thanks to Toyota’s new home-based EV charging stations that will roll out on market shelves by 2012. The battery chargers for electric and hybrid cars will also be compatible with non-Toyota cars. The system will be made available in two types, one that will extend from the exterior wall of a home and the other meant to be set up in a garage. Toyota hopes to sell at least 20,000 to 30,000 of these electric car chargers in the first year following its launch. Each of these chargers costs about $2,405, with installation charges included. A system like this will sure help provide an impetus to electric car sales too, given that the major set-back of owning an electric or hybrid car is finding the right place to juice it up.

With a charger in your garage, all you need to do is park the car there, plug it in over night, and you have a full tank of electricity the morning after!
[Cnet]