Comments on: Toyota Sings: Plug It in, Plug It in

By: CarCheckup

CarCheckup — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:12:10 +0000

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By: Randy Scott

Randy Scott — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:56:55 +0000

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.

By: Hyun

Hyun — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:20:15 +0000

Hyun

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By: water powered cars

water powered cars — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:00:35 +0000

water powered cars

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By: mileage blogger

mileage blogger — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:34:14 +0000

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