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Toyota announces priority registration website for Prius Plug-In Hybrid

Green Car Congress

Customers who are interested in being one of the first to own a Prius Plug-in can log on to www.toyota.com/plugin and complete their registration on the site. The first phase of the Online Order System, called Priority Registration, will launch on 22 April 2011. Prius Plug-in online ordering will not be available in Hawaii.).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By abstracting devices to use electricity as their fuel, we can concentrate on advancing clean electricity production techniques and have the benefits shared by everything. Highly Ranked KarlW @ Apr 19th 2009 4:57PM @Elodie Yes, we know. Its pointed out every time anybody mentions electric cars. Its a centralised solution.