Comments on: Toyota Sings: Plug It in, Plug It in http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/11/toyota-sings-plug-it-in-plug-it-in/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:23:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Randy Scott http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/11/toyota-sings-plug-it-in-plug-it-in/#comment-8248 Randy Scott Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:56:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/11/toyota-sings-plug-it-in-plug-it-in/#comment-8248 You don't have to wait for Toyota to catch up to the latest technology. You can have a plug-in hybrid Prius today, but the conversion costs about $5000 to $6000 above the price of the Prius. Toyota could have been doing this about 6 or 8 years ago. In fact, Chevy could have done it 6 or 8 years ago, instead of all the blah blah bah promises about how wonderful the Volt will be in the future. Chevy and Ford are both claiming to build hybrids, but they are actually "pseudo-hybrids" that aren't any better than any other gas-guzzling SUV. You don’t have to wait for Toyota to catch up to the latest technology. You can have a plug-in hybrid Prius today, but the conversion costs about $5000 to $6000 above the price of the Prius.

Toyota could have been doing this about 6 or 8 years ago. In fact, Chevy could have done it 6 or 8 years ago, instead of all the blah blah bah promises about how wonderful the Volt will be in the future.

Chevy and Ford are both claiming to build hybrids, but they are actually “pseudo-hybrids” that aren’t any better than any other gas-guzzling SUV.

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