Toyota says plug-in Prius will achieve 70 to 100 miles per gallon.
Toyota started a public trial of some plug-in Toyota Prius models in the UK, which if successful could let the plug-in Prius owners sell the surplus electricity they produce back into the power grid.
The conversion bring s a larger battery pack into the Prius, as well as the ability to plug the car into a 240V household circuit. The trial is scheduled to run for atleast a year, involving user feedback, infrastructure set-up and usability testing. Toyota is also planning on selling plug-in versions of the Toyota Prius that use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are said to last longer thasn the current nickel-metal hydride battery packs.
September 13th, 2008 |
