Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures.
An interesting trend seems to be taking hold around vehicles like Toyota’s Prius, home-grown conversions from standard hybrid to plugin hybrid by adding battery power, a charger, and socket to plug the vehicle in for charging. The magazine GreenCar.com has an interesting article about this phenomena. It would seem that the public is going to drag the automakers along on this one (along with a little pressure from the likes of Google.)
What’s the attraction? 120+ MPG. Imagine getting over 1,100 miles on a single tank of gas. Watch the video below:
