While they ’re not getting behind the wheel of the2009 nag - in Toyota PriusPopular Mechanics took for a spin , 100 households in Northern California are going to put rubber to asphalt next year in the first large - scale consumer trial of plug - in hybrid in the country . The 100 green guinea pig will be picked from the 4 million member of AAA of Northern California next give and will rotate between a fleet of 10 converted Priuses loaned out for two - month interval .
https://gizmodo.com/2009-toyota-prius-prototype-plugs-in-but-nimh-batterie-314683
The $ 15,000 conversion pack in batteries twice as knock-down as the stock unity , as well as the spark plug - in mechanism , allow the machine to roll along at 100 mpg . The 2009 epitome is using a similar setup while Toyota works out the kinks with Li - ion batteries , and the service department doing the rebirth has been performing the hoodooism for several years , so potential unripened road warriors need n’t care about horrible , battery - related deaths due to wishy - washy engineering . [ SF Gate ]
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