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100 California Households Get to Test Drive Plug-In Priuses

priusplug.jpgWhile they're not getting behind the wheel of the 2009 plug-in Toyota Prius Popular Mechanics took for a spin, 100 households in Northern California are going to put rubber to asphalt next year in the first large-scale consumer test of plug-in hybrids in the country. The 100 green guinea pigs will be picked from the 4 million members of AAA of Northern California next spring and will rotate between a fleet of 10 converted Priuses loaned out for two-month intervals. More »

12:00 AM on Wed Oct 31 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,144 views, 32 comments

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2009 Toyota Prius Prototype Plugs In, But NiMh Batteries Stick Around

Popular Mechanics took a prototype plug-in 2009 Prius for a short test drive, which might be the first PHEV to market. The Prius they ran around still uses the Prius's current nickel-metal hydride battery packs—a pair, actually, with the charging system jimmied in between them—though Toyota hopes to switch to lithium ion, which are more efficient and smaller (thankfully, since the jiggered NiMh packs leave only two medium suitcases worth of trunk space). More »

3:40 PM on Wed Oct 24 2007
By Matt Buchanan
18,508 views, 20 comments

Latest by n/a: @Marty_MacFly: "The 2010 Chevy Volt will make this look pitiful as GM's lithium ion solution is soon to enter the testing phase." -- That's nice, but what makes you think Toyota won't have lithium ion batteries ready in 2010 too? more »