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EVS23: We go for a ride in the plug-in Prius prototype (video)

Posted on December 19, 2007

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily, EVS23 There are very official few plug-in Priuses currently cruising the world's streets. One of them was part of the Ride and Drive at EVS23, and there is no way we could pass up the chance to drive one. The trouble was, by the time it was our turn, the extra NiMH battery pack that provides up to seven miles of all-electric driving was plumb tuckered out and the car was operating in standard hybrid mode. So, driving this prototype around the block felt just like driving a normal Prius. Hopefully we'll soon get ...

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