More on Plug-In Hybrids
by Eric Richard
Last week, I posted an article called “Plug Ins would reduce emissions”
Dean responded saying that the Prius is the proverbial bird in the hand. Fair point.
The good news though is that it looks like the auto manufacturers are pushing down this road to try to make this a reality rather than just a theory.
For example, Toyota has unveiled plans to test a plug-in Prius. As Dean has pointed out, plug-in mods have been available for the Prius for years now.
However, in the past, Toyota had specifically stated that they did not intend to create a plug-in version. So, it is nice to see Toyota do an about face here.
As this article points out, the real obstacle here is battery technology. I think that as battery technology improves you will see a real push from some of the auto manufacturers to make this real.
on July 30th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
This is good news! If nothing else, I hope it leads to kit prices coming down. I think there’s a big market for this, but for Toyota, they need to have a battery technology that they can depend on and won’t end up costing them more than they sell it for. For the add-on kits, I don’t think the battery technology isn’t as important, as long as it works…