Toyota Makes Big Annoucement: Plug-In Prius in 2009, EV in 2012

The plug-in Prius is coming a year early! Toyota has announced the plug-in Prius will be released in 2009, and they are rolling out 10 other hybrids by 2010. Even more exciting, Toyota will be debuting an all electric car at the Detroit Auto Show that will be on the market in 2012. Gas 2.0 explains Toyota's exciting annoucement:

Along with the announcement of the electric concept, Toyota has reiterated that, although the fully electric car will be a part of their overall strategy, the company sees conventional non-plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, like the current Prius, as their core long-term powertrain technology...And, in a new development, Toyota says they are moving up the roll-out schedule for the upcoming plug-in hybrid Prius from 2010 to late 2009. Initially only available to fleets, the car will sport a lithium-ion battery. Toyota says that the new generation Prius was engineered to be able to accommodate either a NiMH battery for the conventional gas-electric hybrid or a lithium-ion battery for the plug-in version.

I hope one of the new hybrids is a real 4wd for mountain people like me!

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Posted by Jennifer Lance at January 15, 2009 1:09 AM