100 MPG Toyota Prius Plug-In : Exclusive Interview

The Auto Channel's ROAD TRIP talks with Pacific Gas & Electric's Judy Ho about its electric concept car. For more info about alternative fuel vehicles and all cars visit TheAutoChannel.com.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• hybrid
• plug-in
• electric
• Toyota
• Prius
• alternative
• energy

[Yavor54]

Hydrogen is a storage medium, not a fuel source. That is why hydrogen as an idea is gone. Realize that electric drive-trains are by design 8X as efficient as gas cars. A good amount of a gas engine's hardware is there to get rid of the gas that is turned directly into waste heat. If the radiator wasn't there, the engine would melt into a block in 6 minutes. This is just bad engineering. Just like the horse, the gas car is going away. Hold onto the past and you become part of it.

[Nox665]

What if diesel availability ends before u die? or if its price become to high for you to afford it?

I guess ur gonna kill urself... right? :)

[6987jasonakin]

i just bought a honda insight. Im getting 75 miles per gallon. For 19000 you cant beat that price. It has a mp3 player,cruse control, everything that you would want in a car. I bought it last month and i'm still on the dealer fill up! I'm so happy that the usa is doing something about these gas prices and letting companys build cars that make more mpg. My next car will be a full electric. I drive 40 miles a day to work.

[Raxarax]

@Yavor54 Argree with you, but it's not "bad engineering" it's just outdated technology.

[mangamagne]

@Nox665 The next step is probably a Diesel Hybrid since the costs of producing a fully electric car is too much for regular customers. Then again, a gas hybrid is more expensive than a gas driven car, and a diesel hybrid is more expensive than a gas hybrid. This is the future, although we have alot of R&D before we get there ;)

[polakdawido]

8-10 years ??? a fuel tank lasts 30- 40 years

[KatiushaVN4]

First Vietnamese reviewer on You-tube

[tnguyen318]

The Toyota Prius plug-in will be released Summer 2012. It improves Fuel Economy Incredibly. For $.02 cents a mile, $1.75 to Fully Charge, the plug-in Prius will be the most Fuel Efficient Hybrid in the Market.

[stopjehbahl]

Yeah she's hot haha.. She looks like a young kaori enjoji

[GotstuffStoppa]

GO TOYOTA - SHES A HOTTIE :)

[tickyul]

@danwat1234 Well, gearless, continuosly variable trannies are very efficient but, they will not give you as good of performance as a manual. If you are going to stick a small engine in a subcompact it should be a turbo-diesel with lean burn mode and a stick, otherwise you get a automatic that has dog performance. If Ameritards can stomach a stick they can easily get great mileage without all of the expensive hybrid technology. I see a possible explosion of 7-9 speeds, best way to up mileage.