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Fairfax County, Virginia takes delivery of plug-in Prius

Fairfax County, Virginia is joining in with other municipalities like the city of Berkeley, California and adding plug-in hybrids to their vehicle fleet. Fairfax already has some conventional hybrids in use and last week, they took delivery of their first plug-in model. The new Prius was converted by Hymotion of Toronto, Canada. The stock Prius uses a NiMH battery pack, and Hymotion adds a 5 kWh lithium ion battery. The full factory powertrain is left intact, but the electrical storage capacity is increased by a factor of seven. Even with the ... Read more →

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