Saturday, June 6, 2009

Plug-In Prius Coming This Year | Autopia | Wired.com

The plug-in will be based on the 2010 Prius, which rolled into Japanese showrooms last month. Toyota has already booked more than 80,000 orders for the car in Japan. It was the best-selling car in Japan last month; the Honda Insight topped the list in April. We’ve driven both cars; see our review of the Prius here and the Insight here.Plug-ins are touted for triple-digit fuel economy, but a test fleet of 17 plug-in Prius hybrids in the Seattle area has achieved an average of just 51 mpg. Officials there and plug-in advocates said the problem lies with driver behavior, not the technology.
Plug-In Prius Coming This Year | Autopia | Wired.com

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