Toyota Prius – The Hybrid Plug-In
Toyota is a little late jumping in the plug-in game, but with the Prius Plug-In Hybrid now introduced it looks like everyone’s ready to play catch up. Plug-In Prius popped up (enough p-words for ya?) at the 2009 LA Auto Show, and rumors suggest it will be a production (p!) reality by 2012. But Hybrid drivers have been “plugging-in” their Priuses for years – Toyota is finally making it a standard feature.
About 350 of the Plug-ins are headed to Japan, for testing and use by fancy Toyota Execs who always receive new models for personal enjoyment. Toy will slowly start rolling out the make for US audiences next year.
According to officials, “Toyota says the battery is good for 13 miles and a top speed of 60 mph. That’s up from one mile and 25 mph from the NiMH pack in the standard Prius. It’ll charge in three hours at 110 volts and 90 minutes at 220. The company has spent more than three years developing the pack and racked up more than 1 million miles testing them.”
via Wired
Feb 9th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
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