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Toyota Will Offer a Plug-In Hybrid by 2010
By nytimes.com
Jan 14, 2008, 12:48
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Detroit, MI — Jan 14, 2008 — The Toyota Motor Corporation, which leads the world’s automakers in sales of hybrid-electric vehicles, announced Sunday night that it would build its first plug-in hybrid by 2010...
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Plug-in hybrids differ from the current hybrid vehicles in that they can be recharged externally, from an ordinary power outlet....
"...But it cannot go very far: the plug-in hybrid’s two batteries hold enough power for only seven miles, said Saúl Ibarra, a product specialist with Toyota who worked on developing the Prius.
"By contrast, G.M. claims that the Volt will be able to hold a charge equal to 40 miles, after a six-hour charge...."
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