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eBay Find of the Day: plug-in Prius with A123 Hymotion kit installed charity auction

Want a 2009 Prius with a plug? It's available now, to the lucky winner of this auction on eBay. This particular vehicle was modded by the Green Car Company out in Bellevue, Washington and features A123's Hymotion plug-in hybrid kit already installed. That kit doesn't come cheap and this price of this PHEV Prius reflects that. The current bid is $42,100 but the reserve has not yet been met. The price isn't holding people back, though, as the auction started out at $25,000 and that 46 bids have already been placed. The good news for plug-in fans ... Read more →

VIDEO: Plug-in Prius tests in London Sebastian Blanco

The plug-in Prius tests that started yesterday in London were not without a bit of hoopla, and our friend Adam V. from Smartplanet was on hand to video a bit of the introduction. We, sadly, don't get ...

EDF, Toyota start UK plug-in Prius tests today Sebastian Blanco

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Plug_in_Prius_Test_Starts_Today_in_the_UK'; Now, this is tasty. Toyota and EDF Energy today kicked off a series of road trials of the much-desired ...

Plug-In Prius prototype in Nashville today Sebastian Blanco

The Congressional Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus is a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority area (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North ...

Toyota confirms plug-in hybrid vehicle for 2010 Xavier Navarro

Toyota has announced it will offer a plug-in hybrid vehicle with lithium-ion batteries (most likely, for lease, not for sale) in Japan, the U.S. and Europe by 2010. This is the confirmation of the ...

US News: the future of the Prius is all about the plugs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The styrofoam hamburger container shape of the Toyota Prius elicits a lot of responses, good and bad. But when was the last time you saw one and thought, "wow"? Back when the hybrid was introduced, amazement might have been a common reaction, but we've seen the Prius in the U.S. for eight years ...

Argonne Lab tests EnerDel-equipped plug-in Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

EnerDel's lithium-titanate battery has been independently tested by the Center for Transportation Research of the Illinois-based Argonne National Laboratory. For the tests, a stock Toyota Prius had its nickel metal hydride battery pack replaced with a new 1kWh lithium ion unit from EnerDel. No ...

San Francisco green garage offers EV charging 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Luscious Garage is as green as a garage could be. As ABG reported back in September, this female-owned shop specializes in service for hybrids and was constructed with every possible attention to environmental details. It not only hosts the monthly meetings of the San Francisco Electric Vehicle ...

EVS23: We go for a ride in the plug-in Prius prototype (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There are very official few plug-in Priuses currently cruising the world's streets. One of them was part of the Ride and Drive at EVS23, and there is no way we could pass up the chance to drive one. The trouble was, by the time it was our turn, the extra NiMH battery pack that provides up to ...

EVS23: Kim Adelman's Plug-in Prius with Nilar nickel-metal hydride batteries 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the EVS23 show in Anaheim last week, I finally got a chance to talk to Kim Adelman, president of Plug-in Conversions (I missed him at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo). Adelman offers at-home (or at-work) conversions of your own Prius by adding Nilar battery packs. Plug-in Conversions offers three ...

$8,000 for an at-home plug-in Prius conversion 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Kim Adelman's plug-in Prius was at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo back in October, but somehow stayed hidden from my camera and eyes. The good news is that EVWorld's Bill Moore spotted the car and talked to Adelman about the car and Adelman's new company, Plug-In Conversions, which will send people ...

Just how new is Toyota's plug-in Prius? Maybe older than we think 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This Friday, Toyota will deliver two plug-in Priuses to UC Davis for testing purposes. We've known about Toyota's PHEV Prius plan for a while now (the official announcement came back in July), but one of our clever readers, Joseph, submitted a tip that explains that perhaps the plug-in Prius has ...

Toyota looking beyond lithium for plug-in hybrids 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A few months ago Toyota unveiled their fleet of prototype plug-in Priuses in Japan and some members of the media got to sample it them before the recent Tokyo Motor Show. The New York Times was one of the outlets that got to drive the PHEV Prius and while Toyota is clearly interested in evaluating ...

Video: Minneapolis mayor drives a plug-in Prius 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, R.T. Rybak, is currently on his third hybrid vehicle after having previously driven a standard Toyota Prius and a Ford Escape Hybrid. He's now back in a Prius, but this time it's a plug-in version. The plug-in Prius is a conversion done by A123 subsidiary ...

Popular Mechanics gets a sneak peek at upcoming Prius plug-in 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, in Tokyo, Popular Mechanics was briefed on Toyota's plug-in hybrid plans. The upshot is that "their plug-in development program was under way and that it may not wait for lithium-ion battery technology to mature." That means that the first plug-in consumer Priuses will likely use nickel ...


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