Toyota to launch plug-in hybrid by 2010
Toyota stated yesterday that they would launch a plug-in hybrid vehicle by 2010, a counter-move to the announced plans by GM for its Chevrolet Volt, due by 2010 as well. Both vehicles will be based on lithium ion batteries. According to Toyota, each charge (which takes about 4 hours) uses about 2.7 kilowatt hours of electricity. The plug-in hybrid, a version of the Prius, gets about 100 miles a gallon, in electric mode. The plug-in Prius can stay in electric mode until 62mph versus 30mph for the conventional Prius.
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June 2, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
plug-in cars will probably do well in the suburbs where people stay in houses with big garage…city dwellers will find wall sockets hard to get in their tiny city car car parkings…