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Archive for July 28th, 2007

Plug-in Competition Heating Up

Saturday, 28 July, 2007

It’s been rumored for some time that Toyota has been working on a plug-in version of the Prius, a fact the automaker confirmed last Wednesday. Unfortunately, however, the Toyota Plug-in HV isn’t headed for public consumption.
The vehicle uses low energy nickel-metal hydride batteries. (Most folks are betting on lithium-ion as the battery of choice for [...]