New Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Demonstration Program Vehicle 2010

[cdltpx]

My fear is the cars will be broken into for their batteries these new batteries will be lighter and could be subject to theft. I hope they make it a lengthy process to remove the battery to prevent quick and eazy thefts in parking lots or the like. Think about it somebody swipes 4 of these they could build an E hot rod or use them for solar power at their home the batteries are going to be expensive and they are going to be stolen if allowed. Better have some additional insurance.

[patricemarteaux]

5 persons bought it

[blueferrari145]

i hate these will it blend comments its a car it wont fucking blend

[TreviBeatz]

But will it blend?

[whole27]

The Chevy Volt does 40 miles on electric alone before it kicks into gas power so why can Toyota only do 12 miles on electric on their plug in that will come out!?? I wish they got 40-50 miles, i'd buy 10 of those!

And how long do these lithium batteries that are in the Prius and Volt last?? HOw much will they cost to replace after 10 years or so??

[cdltpx]

@whole27 Plugin prius is perferctl for our family needs. We have a 6 mile 35 mph drive to work within the 15 miles it can go 62mph so I am guessing you can go 20 miles at lower speeds so we are well in the range for this configuration. We will not have to buy fuel but once every 2 months with our weekend use. Weekends we might go to NOLA some 40 miles away other than that the car is a work car and toyota nailed it. I rather not pay 30K for a car but I certianly rather not pay $21 for a EV alone.

[whole27]

@cdltpx just 6 miles to get to work!? Well you are clearly in the minority with that. I live in the suburbs of a city so i gotta dirve in 25 miles each way and there is a lot of stop and go and highway driving each way!!! So now way is 15 miles enough. I'll wait for Toyota to improve that to at least 30 miles on battery alone!

[cdltpx]

@whole27 The prius is said to be able to go 15 miles 62mph so the rage might actually be better here is the thing though you get an EV you probably have to have a petro back up car. You could rent on weekends but eventually that trend will cause rentals to be unavaliable. Driving 15 miles on EV mode then having to do your final miles in hybrid mode is a savings? The current prius gets 51 mph just that will save you thousands if you drive a SUV. Google fuel economy go to the G website.

[KatiushaVN4]

Why bother making that plug-in when the battery itself gets charged from the motor when in use?? A that is obviously a "Volt Wannabe"

[dick117]

@KatiushaVN4 Funny, I guess every combustion engine car is just a "Model-T wannabe". Something has to come first, and if nothing followed there'd be no progress.

[heartlessvietboy]

Its time for us to think real and begin applying what we need to apply. If we continue to argue about this and that, we will get no where.

[jonnydorobantul]

why not use the engine to be an electric generator?? like fisker karma...2 liter/ 100 km and less polution..

[jolsteiner]

@jonnydorobantul That will be the next step in the technology. Once fast charging batteries are developed, then the engine is simply going to run a generator and the efficiency will jump severalfold. It will be hundreds of miles per gallon.

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

@TheWTFers Why? An electric golf cart doesn't have a petrol engine in it. 13 miles isn't bad to go to the town and back without starting the petrol engine. I can imagine that the regenerative capacity would be much greater allowing you to use electric on accelleration for much longer and hence increasing the fuel economy even more. I don't understand how cars aren't built in with at least some form of regenerative braking. There are a few forms, one being Hybrid and the other is Hydraulic.

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

Even if it is 13 miles on a charge, thats actually not that bad considering when I go to the store, the most that my prius burns is during the warm up phase from a cold start. If the prius can go to town and back on electric, thats a lot of petrol saved right there.

Then I can use those fuel savings on my 'Cuda on weekend fun drives. :D

Not saying the prius isn't fun, its actually a unique and very practical drive in itself and I never can leave home without it.

[Outdoorsmanism]

@RandomYTProductions You can see the gas cap at 0:31. It is in the same place as the 2010's.

[Neuron7777777]

I love my Prius - We have driven it all over the US' almost all day on 10 gallons. We also have solar power for our home. Go green & ~ Love Life ~

[TheWTFers]

@RandomYTProductions From what I read, it only goes 13 miles on charge. They don't have the battery to hold any more power. Once they do, the electric car is no problem. There was a battery that can last longer, but GM bought it out and patent it, so no one can use it on an electric vehicle. They knew they would go out of business if they did not patent it.

[rynprov]

Nice display!

[MrEnergyCzar]

Great video of the display....