01-02-2008, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by furkensturker
We have a situation here with the TOYOTA PRIUS, you know the HYBRID car that was going to start a revolution? Well, it was hamstrung by the oil companies here, the oil companies have to give the Government the OK for a vehicle to be allowed to use fuel in Australia. So, everywhere else in the world, when you buy a PRIUS, you get a DONGLE, that's a lead that plugs into your house power so as to re-charge your batteries, but not here, no sir re bob, you have to recharge the batteries via, that's right, the PETROL motor.
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Toyota only this year built a plug-in capable Prius, and that is not a production model. While people have certainly modified Priuses to make them plug-ins, that is not a standard feature.
Toyota Unveils Plug-in Prius (TreeHugger)
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